Helenium amarum (Raf.) H. Rock var. amarum
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Detail
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Botanical Name
- Helenium amarum (Raf.) H. Rock var. amarum
- Common Name
- Bitterweed
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Helenium amarum (Raf.) H. Rock var amarum
- Comments
- Sources vary on the nativity of this species in our area. We follow Flora of the Southeastern U.S. (Weakley et al. 2023) and Cronquist in treating it as introduced. The circumscription here follows Flora of North America (FNA vol. 21).
- Habitat
- Roadsides, fields, pastures, clearings, disturbed dunes, and waste ground. Common in the s. and c. Coastal Plain; infrequent in the Piedmont (primarily in the more southern counties); rare in the mountains.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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