Bitter sneezeweed
| COMMON NAME: | Bitter sneezeweed | |
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| SCIENTIFIC NAME: | Helenium amarum | |
| FAMILY: | Asteraceae | |
| LIFECYCLE: | Annual | |
| FEATURES: | Annual herb 20 to 30 cm in height. Leaves linear, alternate, and numerous. Lower leaves begin dehiscing as plant ages and plant flowers. Flowers yellow with spherical head of disk flowers and loosely attached ray flowers. Outer ray flowers (looking as petals) are loosely attached and fall off when disturbed. |
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| DESCRIPTION: | Common weed along fence rows, droughty pasture areas, and infrequently mowed turfgrass or non-crop areas. While an annual, plant primary stem becomes woody as plant ages. |
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