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Helenium

not marked as a favorite taxon Helenium virginicum S.F. Blake. Common name: Virginia Sneezeweed. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Seasonal sinkhole ponds and clearings where such ponds once occurred. Distribution: H. virginicum is bimodally endemic in VA (Augusta and Rockingham counties, VA, where a series of sinkhole ponds (dolines) on acid colluvium support numerous Coastal Plain disjuncts) and MO (Ozarkian highlands); also recently discovered in IN.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Other Comments: See Knox (1987) for a comparison of this narrow endemic and H. autumnale. Knox (1997) presents a study of the demography and habitat of H. virginicum. Knox et al. (2016) studied genetic diversity and population structure of the species in VA and MO.

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA21, G, K4, SE1, Va; < Helenium autumnale L. — GW2, W. Basionym: Helenium virginicum S.F.Blake 1936

Links to other floras: = Helenium virginicum - FNA21

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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