Helenium amarum (Raf.) H.Rock

First published in Rhodora 59: 131 (1957)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico, Caribbean. It is an annual and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, California, Cayman Is., District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia

Introduced into:

Jawa, New York, Queensland, Trinidad-Tobago, Wisconsin

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Chadde, S.W. (2019). Wisconsin Flora ed. 2: 1-818. Steve W. Chadde.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Flora of the Cayman Islands

  • H. Rock, Rhodora 39: 151 (1957).

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Chadde, S.W. (2019). Wisconsin Flora ed. 2: 1-818. Steve W. Chadde.
  • Liogier, A.H. (1996). Flora de la Española 8: 1-588. Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo.
  • Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Pruski, J.; Kowalchuk, S. [4107] United States K002329901 Yes
Cory, V.L. [45912] United States K002329904 Yes
Valeur, E.J. [643] Dominican Republic K002329981 Yes
Radford, A.E. [34810] United States K002329903 Yes
Pruski, J. [4312] United States K002329902 Yes
Ekman, E.L. [H 14076] K002329982 Yes
Eggers, H.F.A. [2044] K002329983 Yes
Thompson, R.A.; Rudman, R.; Johnson, F.L. [C0963] United States K002329900 Yes
Thompson, R.A.; Johnson, F.L. [C0169] United States K002329899 Yes
Matthews, B. [54] Bahamas, The K002329980 Yes
Broadway, W.E. [2876] Trinidad and Tobago K002329984 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0