Helenium bigelovii
| Helenium bigelovii | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Helenieae |
| Genus: | Helenium |
| Species: | H. bigelovii |
| Binomial name | |
| Helenium bigelovii A. Gray | |
Helenium bigelovii is a California mountains perennial plant in the Sunflower Family, (Daisy Family, Asteraceae), commonly known as Bigelow's sneezeweed.[1]
Distribution, habitat, and range
It grows
Growth pattern
It is grows 1 to 4 feet (0.30 to 1.22 m) tall.[1] Bigelow sneezeweed 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.
Description
Inflorescence and fruit
It bears ray flowers that are usually bright yellow in color and disc flowers that are yellow in bloom and then turn dark brown. The flowerheads have a characteristic shape with a very spherical disc and the 14-30 "petals" (the ray flowers) reflexed downward and toothed or lobed at their ends.
Cultivation
Cultivars are raised as ornamentals.
Etymology
The species is named for J.M. Bigelow, a plant collector on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey in the 1850s.
References
- 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.