# Helenium elegans

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Species of flowering plant

Helenium elegans Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Genus: Helenium Species: H. elegans Binomial name Helenium elegans DC. 1836 Synonyms[1] 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](/source/Perennial_plant) in the [sunflower family](/source/Asteraceae), commonly known as **pretty sneezeweed**.[2] It is native to the south-central United States and to northeastern Mexico.[3][4]

*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](/source/Flower_heads), in branching arrays. The head is very nearly spherical, nearly covered with as many as 700 [disc florets](/source/Disc_floret), each floret yellow near the base but brown towards the tip. There are also 1-17 yellow or brown [ray florets](/source/Ray_florets). The species grows along streambanks and in ditches.[2]

**Varieties[1][2]**

- *Helenium elegans* var. *amphibolum* (A.Gray) Bierner - [Texas](/source/Texas), [Coahuila](/source/Coahuila), [Nuevo León](/source/Nuevo_Le%C3%B3n), [San Luis Potosí](/source/San_Luis_Potos%C3%AD), [Tamaulipas](/source/Tamaulipas)

- *Helenium elegans* var. *elegans* - [Texas](/source/Texas), [Arkansas](/source/Arkansas), [Oklahoma](/source/Oklahoma), [Louisiana](/source/Louisiana)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-iiiiii_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-iiiiii_1-1) [The Plant List, *Helenium elegans* DC.](http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-29549)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-iiiiiii_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-iiiiiii_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-iiiiiii_2-2) [Flora of North America, *Helenium elegans* de Candolle 1836. Pretty sneezeweed](http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066853)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map](http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Helenium%20elegans.png)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100

Taxon identifiers Helenium elegans Wikidata: Q15548107 Wikispecies: Helenium elegans CoL: 3K4K8 EoL: 582626 FNA: 250066853 GBIF: 5401824 GRIN: 452339 iNaturalist: 163587 IPNI: 211796-1 IRMNG: 10967932 ITIS: 36015 NatureServe: 2.150767 NCBI: 2741161 Open Tree of Life: 3900008 Plant List: gcc-29549 PLANTS: HEEL POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:211796-1 Tropicos: 2706455 WFO: wfo-0000072807 WoRMS: 1089577

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