Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Helianthus simulans
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more from Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
H. simulans (Muck Sunflower) is often mislabeled and sold in the horticultual trade as H. angustifolius (Narrowleaf or Swamp Sunflower). The plants are similar, but Muck Sunflower is often much larger, aggressively rhizomatous, and can become quite invasive in the garden. Buyer beware. Read more in Guide to the Wildflowers of South Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus simulans
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Helianthus simulans
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Helianthus simulans
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Helianthus simulans
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Helianthus simulans
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Helianthus simulans
COMMON NAME:
Muck Sunflower
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Helianthus simulans
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthus simulans
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Helianthus simulans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Helianthus simulans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Helianthus simulans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Helianthus simulans
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Helianthus simulans
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