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PLANTS

Common sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Plants
NativeHerbPerennialYellow flowers
Common sneezeweed, photo 1 of 5
Common sneezeweed, In flower
Common sneezeweed, In fruit
1.5 mHeight

Perennial herbaceous plant reaching 1.5 m. Grows in fields and near water.

There are 380 observations of Common sneezeweed in Québec, mostly in Capitale-Nationale, Outaouais and Chaudière-Appalaches, and it has been reported in 12 of the 17 regions. They peak in August and September and become rare from November to June.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Capitale-Nationale138
  2. Outaouais51
  3. Chaudière-Appalaches50
  4. Montérégie42
  5. Montréal42
  6. Laval18
  7. Laurentides13
  8. Estrie12
  9. Lanaudière5
  10. Mauricie4
  11. Centre-du-Québec3
  12. Bas-Saint-Laurent2

Habitat

FieldsBoaz Yoffe B Sc
MarshAlexander Rumpel
Water’s edgepeupleloup

Similar species

Bitter sneezeweedHelenium amarum
Purplehead sneezeweedHelenium flexuosum
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Youth-and-ageZinnia elegans
Black-eyed SusanRudbeckia hirta
SneezeweedAchillea ptarmica
Lanceleaf tickseedCoreopsis lanceolata
Smooth oxeyeHeliopsis helianthoides
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