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Know Your Natives – Ozark Sunflower
Ozark Sunflower (Helianthus silphioides) is a tall herbaceous perennial with large simple leaves and composite flowers with a purplish brown central disk and bright yellow ligules. The genus name is based on Greek words for sun (helios) and flower (anthos). … Continue reading
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Tagged Asteraceae, Helianthus, Helianthus silphiodes, Know Your Natives, Ozark Sunflower, Sunflower
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Know Your Natives – Hairy Woodland Sunflower
Hairy woodland sunflower (Helianthus hirsutus), of the Sunflower, Aster, or Composite (Asteraceae) family, is one of three Arkansas species with the common name “woodland sunflower.” The genus name is based on Greek words for “sun” and “flower.” The specific epithet … Continue reading
Know Your Natives – Jerusalem Artichoke
Jerusalem artichoke* (Helianthus tuberosus) of the Aster (Asteraceae) family is a large, tuber-producing perennial that was an important food source for Native Americans and early settlers. The genus name combines two Greek words for “sun” and “flower”. The specific epithet … Continue reading
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Tagged Asteraceae, Helianthus, Helianthus tuberosus, Jerusalem Artichoke, Know Your Natives
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Know Your Natives – Woodland Sunflower – Helianthus divaricatus
Helianthus divaricatus, another species known by the common name woodland sunflower, of the Aster (Asteraceae) family, is a deciduous, rhizomatous perennial that occurs in the U.S. from Louisiana to Oklahoma to Wisconsin thence east and south to the borders. In Arkansas, … Continue reading
Know Your Natives – Woodland Sunflower – Helianthus strumosus
Helianthus strumosus, known by the common name pale-leaf woodland sunflower or just woodland sunflower (a general name also used for several other native species of sunflowers), of the Aster (Asteraceae) family, is a deciduous rhizomatous perennial which occurs throughout the … Continue reading
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Tagged Asteraceae, Helianthus, Helianthus strumosus, Know Your Natives, Woodland Sunflower
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Know Your Natives – Starry and Wholeleaf Rosinweeds
Are They Sunflowers? Rosinweeds (Silphium species) and sunflowers (Helianthus species) are in the Asteraceae (Aster) Family. Rosinweeds and sunflowers are herbaceous perennials with yellow composite flowers (ray florets with strap-shaped petals, disk florets with petals fused into small tubes) on … Continue reading
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Tagged Asteraceae, Helianthus, Rosinweeds, Silphium
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