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Helenium (sneezeweed)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Helenium is a genus of annuals and deciduous herbaceous perennials in the sunflower family native to the Americas. They bear yellow or orange daisy-like composite flowers. A number of these species (particularly Helenium autumnale) have the common name sneezeweed, based on the former use of their dried leaves in making snuff. It was inhaled to cause sneezing that would supposedly rid the body of evil spirits. Larger species may grow up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) tall. The genus is named for Helen of Troy, daughter of Zeus and Leda.
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Species

Actinea bigelovii
Actinella glabra
Actinella insignis
Cephalophora aromalica
Helenium amarum (yellowdicks) (Attributes)
Helenium argentinum
Helenium arizonicum (Arizona sneezeweed) (Attributes)
Helenium aromaticum
Helenium atacamense
Helenium autumnale (common sneezeweed) (Attributes)
Helenium bigelovii (Bigelow's sneezeweed) (Attributes)
Helenium bigelowii
Helenium bolanderi (coastal sneezeweed) (Attributes)
Helenium brevifolium (shortleaf sneezeweed) (Attributes)
Helenium campestre (oldfield sneezeweed) (Attributes)
Helenium chichuahuensis
Helenium chihuahuense
Helenium chihuahuensis
Helenium clementii
Helenium donianum (Attributes)
Helenium drummondii (fringed sneezeweed) (Attributes)
Helenium elegans (pretty sneezeweed) (Attributes)
Helenium eupatorioides
Helenium flexuosum (purplehead sneezeweed) (Attributes)
Helenium giganteus
Helenium glaucum
Helenium insulare
Helenium integrifolium
Helenium laciniatum (Attributes)
Helenium lanciniatum
Helenium linifolium (slimleaf sneezeweed) (Attributes)
Helenium mexicanum
Helenium microcephalum (littlehead tarweed) (Attributes)
Helenium ovallense
Helenium pinnatifidum (southeastern sneezeweed) (Attributes)
Helenium puberulum (Sneezeweed) (Attributes)
Helenium quadridentatum (longdisk sneezeweed) (Attributes)
Helenium radiatum
Helenium rhizocephalodes
Helenium scaposum
Helenium scorzonerifolium
Helenium thurberi (Thurber's sneezeweed) (Attributes)
Helenium uniflorum
Helenium urmenetae
Helenium vallenariense
Helenium vernale (savannah sneezeweed) (Attributes)
Helenium virginicum (Virginia sneezeweed) (Attributes)
Leptopoda integrifolia
Leptopoda pinnatifida
Picradenia acaulis

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0