Asteraceae
Helianthus

Helianthus microcephalus Torr. & A.Gray

First published in Fl. N. Amer. 2: 329 (1842)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Central & SE. U.S.A. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

Recorded in error in:

Maryland

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Chapman [s.n.] United States K002499937 Yes
French, G.H. [1452] United States K002499938 Yes
Gray [28] K002499932 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [1452] United States K002499946 Yes
Short, C.W. [7] K002499926 Yes
s.coll. [7] K002499933 Yes
Small, J.K. [s.n.] United States K002499950 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [6521] United States K002499941 Yes
Frank [s.n.] United States K002499943 Yes
Short, C.W. [12] United States K002499928 Yes
Holton [s.n.] United States K002499945 Yes
Peter, R. [s.n.] United States K002499930 Yes
Short, C.W. [s.n.] United States K002499942 Yes
Small, J.K. [s.n.] United States K002499951 Yes
Sullivant, W.S. [s.n.] United States K002499944 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002499936 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002499927 Yes
Gates, H. [s.n.] United States K002499935 Yes
Ahles, H.E.; Duke, J.A. [49271] United States K002499940 Yes
Drummond [s.n.] United States K002499939 Yes
s.coll. [80] K002499934 Yes
Kral, R. [48353] United States K002499948 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [1452] United States K002499949 Yes
[illegible] [30] K002499931 Yes
Short, C.W. [s.n.] United States K002499929 Yes
Ball, J. [s.n.] United States K002499947 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images