Helenium elegans var. elegans

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 433.

Plants (20–) 30–100 (–120) cm. Leaves: proximal blades usually entire, rarely serrate; mid and distal leaves entire. Heads 20–100 (–200+). Peduncles 2–5 (–7) cm. Involucres 5–8 × 5–8 mm. Ray-florets 10–14; corollas 5.5–11.5 × 2.7–5.2 mm. Disc-florets 150–300 (–500+). Cypselae 0.6–0.9 mm; pappi 0.05–0.2 mm. 2n = 26.


Phenology: Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug (sometimes again in fall).
Habitat: Calcareous soils, ditches, washes, along streams
Elevation: 100–600 m

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
connate +  and distinct +
subequal +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lanceolate +
usually deltate +  and lanceolate +
paniculiform +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Mark W. Bierner +
de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle +
decurrent +
compound +  and simple +
pinnatifid;lobed;spatulate;ovate;spatulate;ovate;oblong;oblanceolate;linear;lanceolate;elliptic +
winged;ribbed;winged;ribbed +
tuberculate +  and rugose +
barbellulate +  and barbellate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br />) +
0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (0.87 cm8.7 mm <br />0.0087 m <br />) +
yellow +  and brown +
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (1.15 cm11.5 mm <br />0.0115 m <br />) +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.23 cm2.3 mm <br />0.0023 m <br />) +
0.27 cm2.7 mm <br />0.0027 m <br /> (0.52 cm5.2 mm <br />0.0052 m <br />) +
4-5-angled +  and obpyramidal +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
lanceolate;linear +
Ark. +, Okla. +  and Tex. +
100–600 m +
gland-dotted +
glabrous or +  and sparsely densely hairy +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Calcareous soils, ditches, washes, along streams +
discoid +  and radiate +
indeterminate +
homogamous +  and heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (1.3 cm13 mm <br />0.013 m <br />) +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (3.4 cm34 mm <br />0.034 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
ovoid;obconic;ovoid;obconic;hemispheric;globose +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
hairy +  and glabrous +
deltate +
dentate to pinnatifid or palmatifid +  and entire +
connate +  and distinct +
ovate +, oblong +, oblanceolate +, linear +, lanceolate +  and elliptic +
unequal +  and subequal +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
0.005 cm0.05 mm <br />5.0e-5 m <br /> (0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Flowering (May–)Jun–Aug (sometimes again in fall). +
9 +  and 34 +
in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
ovoid;hemispheric;ovoid;hemispheric;globose;conic +
0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br /> (0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br />) +
6 +  and 7 +
non-aristate +
0.005 cm0.05 mm <br />5.0e-5 m <br /> (0.03 cm0.3 mm <br />3.0e-4 m <br />) +
exalbuminous +
winged +  and branched +
1 (?) +  and 10 (?) +
glabrous or +  and sparsely moderately hairy +
appendaged +  and truncate +
hirsutulous +  and glabrous +
papillate +
Compositae +
Helenium elegans var. elegans +
Helenium elegans +
variety +
urceolate +  and campanulate +
dilated +
toothed +  and entire +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +
100 cm1,000 mm <br />1 m <br /> (120 cm1,200 mm <br />1.2 m <br />) +