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Asteraceae

Smooth oxeye

Heliopsis helianthoides Sweet

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Heliopsis

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Smooth oxeye: w:Heliopsis helianthoides . Jardin des Plantes, Paris.
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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

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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.