Asteraceae FAMILY

Heliopsis helianthoides

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Heliopsis helianthoides is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from creeping rhizomes; it produces a clump of erect stems around 40 - 200cm tall. Although a perennial, it can be quite short-lived[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. , 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ]. The plant has been harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and also has potential for use as an insecticide. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, valued especially for its long period of flowering in the summer. There are some named varieties[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ]

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeCentral and eastern N. America - Saskatchewan to Quebec, south to New Mexico and Texas to Georgia

HabitatOpen woods, prairies, old pastures, edges of fields, meadows, road banks, ditches; at elevations up to 2,300 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].