| Description | A more compact Helenium with yellow to copper yellow flowers. |
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| Pronunciation | (hel-EE-nee-um) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | prefers moist sites, tolerates average, will sulk in dry conditions |
| Soil & Site | average, moist to soggy soils, well drained soils |
| Flowers | yellow with brown centers, yellow rays splashed with red, oranges and golds, up to 2 inches, forms a globular seed head |
| Leaves | green, lance shaped, serrated |
| Dimensions | 24 plus inches tall, upright |
| Maintenance | dead head to increase the number and length of bloom, lift and divided every 2-3 years cut back plants after flowering |
| Propagation | division |
| Misc Facts | Genus name comes from the Greek word helios (sun). Powdered disk flowers and leaves of the heleniums have in the past been dried and used as snuff, thus giving rise to the common name of Sneezeweed. |
| Notes & Reference | #04-Herbaceous Perennial Plants (Allan Armitage), #91-The Plant Finders Guide to Daisies (John Sutton) |
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