Connecticut Plants
Purple-headed Sneezeweed
Helenium flexuosum
The very dark-colored disk distinguishes purple-headed sneezeweed from other species of sneezeweed, which have yellow-green disks. (See the sneezeweed page.) On all sneezeweeds, the yellow ray petals have three lobes -- these distinguish sneezeweeds from black-eyed susan and other yellow coneflowers.
- Synonyms: Helenium nudiflorum
- Family: aster (Asteraceae)
- Habitat: damp meadows, thickets, and roadsides
- Height: 1-3 feet
- Flower size: flower heads about 2 inches across
- Flower color: dark purple disk and yellow rays
- Flowering time: June to October
- Origin: native

