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Asteraceae
Helianthus

not marked as a favorite taxon Helianthus giganteus Linnaeus. Common name: Tuberous Sunflower, Swamp Sunflower. Phenology: Late Jul-Oct. Habitat: Roadsides, woodland edges, bog edges, moist thickets, ditches. Distribution: NB and ME west to MN, south to n. SC, n. GA, e. and c. TN, c. KY, n. IN, n. IL, and WI.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = C, F, FNA21, G, GW2, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Oh3, Pa, RAB, S, SE1, Tat, Tn, Va, W, WV; > Helianthus alienus E.Watson — S; > Helianthus giganteus L. — S; > Helianthus validus E.Watson — S. Basionym: Helianthus giganteus L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Helianthus giganteus - FNA21

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACW
  • Great Plains: FAC
  • Midwest: FACW
  • Northcentral & Northeast: FACW

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of bog edges, moist thickets and ditches.

Stems: Stems branching in upper 1/3, green or reddish-purple, rough-hairy.

Leaves: Leaves mostly alternate, petiolate, lance-shaped, 2-8 in. long, pinnately veined, with toothed or nearly smooth margins, rough-hairy above and soft-hairy beneath.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) several in loose clusters; heads 2-3 in. wide, consisting of 10-20 yellow ray florets encircling a center disk of darker yellow tubular florets. Spreading and overlapping hairy, long, narrow bracts surround the base of each head.

Fruits: Fruit a blackish or mottled-brown, flattened, oblong achene.

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Height: 2-10 ft. (occasionally up to 13 ft.)

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description: Erect, rhizomatous perennial of bog edges, moist thickets and ditches.

stems: Stems branching in upper 1/3, green or reddish-purple, rough-hairy.

leaves: Leaves mostly alternate, petiolate, lance-shaped, 2-8 in. long, pinnately veined, with toothed or nearly smooth margins, rough-hairy above and soft-hairy beneath.

inflorescence:

flowers: Composite flowers (heads) several in loose clusters; heads 2-3 in. wide, consisting of 10-20 yellow ray florets encircling a center disk of darker yellow tubular florets. Spreading and overlapping hairy, long, narrow bracts surround the base of each head.

fruits: Fruit a blackish or mottled-brown, flattened, oblong achene.

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