Helenium elegans facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

Quick facts for kids Helenium elegans

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Helenieae
Genus:	Helenium
Species:	H. elegans
Binomial name
*Helenium elegans* DC. 1836
Synonyms
Heleniastrum amphibolum (A.Gray) Kuntze, syn of var. amphibolum Helenium amphibolum A.Gray, syn of var. amphibolum

Helenium elegans is a North American perennial plant in the sunflower family, commonly known as pretty sneezeweed. It is native to the south-central United States and to northeastern Mexico.

Helenium elegans is an annual herb up to 120 cm (4 feet) tall. Stems have wings, meaning that they have flaps of tissue running down the sides. One plant can produce 200 or more small flower heads, in branching arrays. The head is very nearly spherical, nearly covered with as many as 700 disc florets, each floret yellow near the base but brown towards the tip. There are also 1-17 yellow or brown ray florets. The species grows along streambanks and in ditches.

Varieties

Helenium elegans var. amphibolum (A.Gray) Bierner - Texas, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas
Helenium elegans var. elegans - Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana

All content from Kiddle encyclopedia articles (including the article images and facts) can be freely used under Attribution-ShareAlike license, unless stated otherwise. Cite this article:

Helenium elegans Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.