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Helianthus debilis (cucumberleaf sunflower)

Synonyms: Helianthus debilis f. debilis; Helianthus debilis var. debilis

Wikipedia Abstract

Helianthus debilis is a species of sunflower known by the common names cucumberleaf sunflower, beach sunflower, weak sunflower, and East Coast dune sunflower. It is native to the United States, where it can be found along the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. It is known elsewhere as an introduced species, such as South Africa, Australia, Taiwan, Slovakia, and Cuba. There are several subspecies. At one point there were eight. Five are currently recognized.
View Wikipedia Record: Helianthus debilis

Infraspecies

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Screening - Summer [2]  Porous
Screening - Winter [2]  Porous
Bloom Period [2]  Summer
Drought Tolerance [2]  Medium
Fire Tolerance [2]  Medium
Frost Free Days [2]  10 months
Fruit/Seed Abundance [2]  Low
Fruit/Seed Begin [2]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [2]  Fall
Growth Form [2]  Stoloniferous
Growth Period [2]  Spring, Summer
Growth Rate [2]  Slow
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [2]  Annual/Perennial
Propagation [2]  Seed, Sprig
Regrowth Rate [2]  Slow
Root Depth [2]  14 inches (36 cm)
Seed Spread Rate [2]  Slow
Seed Vigor [2]  Low
Seeds Per [2]  323999 / lb (714297 / kg)
Shape/Orientation [2]  Prostrate
Structure [3]  Herb
Vegetative Spread Rate [2]  Rapid
Flower Color [2]  Yellow
Foliage Color [2]  Green
Fruit Color [2]  Brown
Fall Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Flower Conspicuous [2]  Yes
Height [2]  8 inches (0.2 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [2]  USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°)
Light Preference [2]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Water Use [2]  Moderate

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Canaveral National Seashore II 9090 Florida, United States
Fort Caroline National Memorial III 137 Florida, United States
Fort Matanzas National Monument III 269 Florida, United States

Predators

Chlosyne lacinia (Patched butterfly)[4]
Crypticerya genistae[5]

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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