Heliopsis gracilis is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common names costal plain oxeye, costal plain sunflower-everlasting, smooth oxeye and pinewoods oxeye. It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States from eastern Texas to South Carolina.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Pinewoods oxeye being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Heliopsis helianthoides
- Helianthus decapetalus
- Helianthus strumosus
- Heliopsis buphthalmoides
- Helianthus microcephalus
- Helianthus divaricatus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Heliopsis
- Species
- Heliopsis gracilis
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