Heliopsis helianthoides

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False Sunflower,
Smooth Oxeye

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

  • Herbaceous perennial; 3-5ft tall

  • Small, yellow, sunflower-like; blooms midsummer to early fall

  • Attracts various pollinators from butterflies, beetles, flies, & bees; Holcopasites heliopis, a native ground-nesting bee, relies strictly on False Sunflower for food

  • Birds browse on its seed in the fall

  • Moderately deer & rabbit resistant

  • Spreads readily via seed dispersal

Size:

False Sunflower,
Smooth Oxeye

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

  • Herbaceous perennial; 3-5ft tall

  • Small, yellow, sunflower-like; blooms midsummer to early fall

  • Attracts various pollinators from butterflies, beetles, flies, & bees; Holcopasites heliopis, a native ground-nesting bee, relies strictly on False Sunflower for food

  • Birds browse on its seed in the fall

  • Moderately deer & rabbit resistant

  • Spreads readily via seed dispersal

Details

  • Yellow

  • Midsummer to early Fall

  • 3-5ft

  • Dry, Medium

  • Full, Partial

  • Silvery Checkerspot

  • FACU - usually occurs in non-wetlands, but may occur in wetlands

  • Local observations and species profile on iNaturalist

  • 30 days of cold stratification