Characteristics
Dicots
Helenium autumnale L.
COMMON SNEEZEWEED
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Native FACW (NWPL) FACW (DEP)
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Classification
ASTERALES
Helenium autumnale L. - COMMON SNEEZEWEED
Citation
HELENIUM AUTUMNALE Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 886. 1753.
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Without data (lectoytpe: LINN 1005.1). Lectotypified by Fernald, Rhodora 45: 486. 1943.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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Synonyms
Synonym
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Type
Helenia autumnalis
Helenia autumnalis (Linnaeus) Hill, Hort. Kew. 6. 1769.
BASIONYM: Helenium autumnale Linnaeus 1753.
 
Helenia decurrens
Helenia decurrens Moench, Methodus 489. 1794, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Helenium autumnale Linnaeus 1753.
 
Heleniastrum autumnale
Heleniastrum autumnale (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 342. 1891.
BASIONYM: Helenium autumnale Linnaeus 1753.
 
Heleniastrum parviflorum
Heleniastrum parviflorum (Nuttall) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 342. 1891.
BASIONYM: Helenium parviflorum Nuttall 1841.
 
Helenium altissimum
Helenium altissimum Link ex Rydberg, in Britton, N. Amer. Fl. 34: 126. 1915.
 
TYPE: MISSOURI: Cult. in Berlin,
Helenium autumnale forma rubrum
Helenium autumnale Linnaeus, forma rubrum B. Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 87: 35. 1960.
 
TYPE: CANADA: Cult., 13 Sep 1928, Fyles s.n. (holotype: DAO).
Helenium autumnale var. canaliculatum
Helenium autumnale Linnaeus, var. canaliculatum (Lamarck) Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 384. 1842.
BASIONYM: Helenium canaliculatum Lamarck 1792.
 
Helenium autumnale var. fylesii
Helenium autumnale Linnaeus, var. fyleesii B. Boivin, Naturaliste Canad. 87: 35. 1960.
 
TYPE: CANADA: Quebec: Beauport, along the St. Lawrence River, 19 Aug 1913, Fyles s.n. (holoytpe: DAO).
Helenium autumnale var. grandiflorum
Helenium autumnale Linnaeus, var. grandiflorum (Nuttall) Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2(2): 384. 1842.
BASIONYM: Helenium grandiflorum Nuttall 1840.
 
Helenium autumnale var. longifolium
Helenium autumnale Linnaeus, var. longifolium (Smith) Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 495. 1894.
BASIONYM: Helenium longifolium Smith 1819.
 
Specimens and Distribution

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Plant Photos
Helenium autumnale - 270
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