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Asteraceae
Helenium

not marked as a favorite taxon Helenium brevifolium (Nuttall) Alph. Wood. Common name: Shortleaf Sneezeweed. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Seepage bogs, river-scoured cobble bars. Distribution: H. brevifolium has a peculiar distribution, reaching its greatest abundance on the Gulf Coastal Plain, from Panhandle FL west to e. LA, and occurring at widely scattered disjunct sites in c. and n. AL, wc. GA, c. and w. NC, ec. TN (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997), and sw. and se. VA.

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Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, Fl7, FNA21, G, GW2, K4, RAB, SE1, Tn, Va, W, WH3, Bierner (1972); > Helenium brevifolium (Nutt.) Alph.Wood — F, S; > Helenium curtisii A.Gray — F, S; Leptopoda brevifolia Nuttall. Basionym: Leptopoda brevifolia Nutt. 1841

Links to other floras: = Helenium brevifolium - FNA21

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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image #1 of Helenium brevifolium© Richard & Teresa Ware CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Helenium brevifolium© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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image #4 of Helenium brevifolium© Floyd A. Griffith | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Helenium brevifolium© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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