Scientific
Name
Helianthus angustifolia
Common
Name
Swamp sunflower; Narrow-leaved
sunflower |
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Life
Cycle: Perennial
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Height:
6 to 10 feet |
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Flower/fruit:
2 to 3 inch flowers with a purplish brown disk and 10 to 20 petals;
narrow, pointed, hairy bracts
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Flowering
Season: Fall
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Foliage:
Up to 7 inch, very narrow,
rough, simple, hairy leaves pointed at the tip; hairy stems; often
has untoothed, stalkless cluster of smaller leaves in the axils
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Site:
Sandy woods, wet
prairies, thickets, low pinelands, flat woods, moist road shoulders,
bogs, swales, ditches |
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Comments:
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