Southeastern Sneezeweed (Helenium pinnatifidum)

Southeastern Sneezeweed, a reference photo — Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth! · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Helenium pinnatifidum is a North American perennial plant in the sunflower family, commonly known as southeastern sneezeweed or savanna sneezeweed. It is found in the southeaster United States (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, and the Carolinas).

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Southeastern Sneezeweed 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

Helenium vernale
Helenium drummondii
Balduina uniflora

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Helenium
Species: Helenium pinnatifidum

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