Bitter Sneezeweed
Common Name:
bitter sneezeweed
Scientific Name:
Helenium amarum
Family:
Asteraceae
Lifecycle:
Annual
Features
Annual herb 20 to 30 cm in height. Leaves linear, alternate, and numerous. Lower leaves begin dehiscing as plant ages and plant flowers. Flowers yellow with spherical head of disk flowers and loosely attached ray flowers. Outer ray flowers (looking as petals) are loosely attached and fall off when disturbed.
Description
Common weed along fence rows, droughty pasture areas, and infrequently mowed turfgrass or non-crop areas. While an annual, plant primary stem becomes woody as plant ages.