Helenium autumnale

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Common Sneezeweed;
Autumn Sneezeweed

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

  • Herbaceous perennial; 3-5’ tall

  • One plant can produce a large number of yellow flower heads; blooms late summer to autumn

  • Highly beneficial pollen and nectar source in the fall; attracts native bumble bees, halictid bees, wasps, butterflies, skippers, beetles, etc.

  • Due to its tolerance of wet soils and seasonal flooding, a great rain garden species

  • Clump forming; does not spread aggressively; benefits from divisions every few years

Size:

Common Sneezeweed;
Autumn Sneezeweed

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

  • Herbaceous perennial; 3-5’ tall

  • One plant can produce a large number of yellow flower heads; blooms late summer to autumn

  • Highly beneficial pollen and nectar source in the fall; attracts native bumble bees, halictid bees, wasps, butterflies, skippers, beetles, etc.

  • Due to its tolerance of wet soils and seasonal flooding, a great rain garden species

  • Clump forming; does not spread aggressively; benefits from divisions every few years

Details

  • Yellow

  • Late Summer, Fall

  • 3-5’

  • Medium, Wet

  • Full, Partial

  • Dainty Sulphur

  • FACW - usually occurs in wetlands, may occur in non-wetlands

  • No cold stratification required; surface sow - needs sunlight to germinate