Asteraceae
Smooth oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Heliopsis
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Common names
By language (11)
- arz
- هيليوبسيس هيليانثويدس
- Chinese
- 賽菊芋, 赛菊芋
- Czech
- Janeba drsná
- English
- Smooth oxeye
- Estonian
- Kare päikesesilm
- Finnish
- Isopäivänsilmä, Päivänsilmä
- German
- Garten-Sonnenauge
- Lithuanian
- Šiurkštusis saulakis
- Persian
- آفتابگردان دروغین
- Polish
- Słoneczniczek szorstki
- Russian
- Гелиопсис подсолнечниковидный, Гелиопсис подсолнечниковый, Солнечник подсолнечниковидный
Synonyms
- Acmella flavicaulis Raf.
- Acmella nudicaulis Raf.
- Acmella parvifolia Raf.
- Buphthalmum helianthoides L.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos

Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tess Mattew, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.