| Helenium bigelovii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Helenium |
| Species: | H. bigelovii
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| Binomial name | |
| Helenium bigelovii A. Gray 1857
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Helenium bigelovii is a North American perennial plant in the sunflower family, commonly known as Bigelow's sneezeweed.[2] It grows in moist areas such as meadows, marshes, or streamsides. It is found at moderate and higher elevations (3000–10,000 ft) in the foothills and mountains of California and Oregon: Cascades, Coast Ranges, Klamath Mountains, Sierra Nevada, etc.[3][4][5] Cultivars of the species are used in gardening as ornamentals.
Helenium bigelovii is a perennial herb sometimes as much as 130 cm (51 in; 4.5 ft) tall. One plant can produce as many as 20 flower heads, either one per branch or in branching arrays. Each head has 14-20 yellow ray florets (bending backwards and with teeth at the tips) surrounding sometimes as many as 800 disc florets (yellow at first, turning brown as they get older).[2][6][7][8]
The species is named for J.M. Bigelow, a plant collector on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey in the 1850s.
References
- ^ The Plant List, Helenium bigelovii A. Gray
- ^ a b Sierra Nevada Wildflowers, Karen Wiese, 2nd Ed., 2013, p. 116
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Calflora taxon report, University of California, Helenium bigelovii A. Gray Bigelow's sneezeweed, Sneezeweed
- ^ Turner Photographics, Helenium bigelovii - Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest
- ^ Flora of North America, Helenium bigelovii Torrey & A. Gray, 1857. Bigelow’s sneezeweed
- ^ Laird R. Blackwell, Wildflowers of the Sierra Nevada and the Central Valley, Lone Pine Publishing, 1998.
- ^ Norman F. Weeden, A Sierra Nevada Flora, 4th Ed., Wilderness Press, 1996.
External links
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- United States Department of Agriculture Plants Profile
- CalPhotos photos gallery, University of California, Helenium bigelovii
