Helenium microcephalum A.P. de Candolle. Common name: Smallhead Sneezeweed. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Ditches, washes, eastwards as a waif in waste areas around wool-combing mills (Nesom 2004d). Distribution: Native of OK, TX, NM, CO, and Mex.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Mex, NcTx; = Helenium microcephalum DC. var. microcephalum — FNA21, GrPl, Bierner (1972); = n/a — RAB. Basionym: Helenium microcephalum DC. 1836
Links to other floras: = Helenium microcephalum var. microcephalum - FNA21
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 0
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