Heliopsis gracilis

Heliopsis gracilis is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common names smooth oxeye and pinewoods oxeye.[2] It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States from eastern Texas to South Carolina.[3]

Heliopsis gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Heliopsis
Species:
H. gracilis
Binomial name
Heliopsis gracilis
Nutt. 1840
Synonyms[1]
  • Heliopsis helianthoides var. gracilis (Nutt.) Gandhi & R.D.Thomas
  • Heliopsis laevis var. minor Hook.

Heliopsis gracilis is a perennial herb up to 80 cm (31 in) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. The plant generally produces 1-5 flower heads per stem. Each head contains 6-19 bright yellow ray florets surrounding 40 or more yellowish-brown disc florets. The fruit is an achene about 5 mm long.[4]

References
  1. "Heliopsis gracilis Nutt.". The Global Compositae Checklist (GCC) – via The Plant List.
  2. Heliopsis helianthoides. USDA NRCS Plant Guide.
  3. "Heliopsis gracilis". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  4. Smith, Alan R. (2006). "Heliopsis gracilis". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 21. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.


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