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Asteraceae
Common sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Also known as Helenium autumnale var. longifolium, Helenium autumnale var. fylesii, Helenium pumilum, Helenium autumnale var. tubuliflorum
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Native · Perennial · Fall Bloomer · Pollinator · Yellow Flowers · Border Plant · Wildflower · Butterfly Garden · Late Season · Asteraceae
Common sneezeweed is a showy, late-season native perennial that produces a spectacular display of yellow, orange, or red daisy-like flowers from late summer through fall. It prefers moist, fertile soil and full sun to partial shade, and benefits from being divided every few years to maintain vigor. A wonderful choice for pollinator gardens and naturalistic borders, it provides vital nectar for bees and butterflies when few other plants are blooming.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply to keep soil consistently moist, especially during hot summer months · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 4–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 24 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Alberta, Arizona, Arkansas, Baltic States, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Delaware, District Of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Manitoba
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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