Helianthus hirsutus

Helianthus hirsutus is a North American species of sunflower known by the common name hairy sunflower. It is widespread across south-central Canada, the eastern and central United States, and northeastern Mexico. It ranges from Ontario south to Florida, Coahuila, and Nuevo León, and west as far as Minnesota, Nebraska, and Texas.^[2]

Helianthus hirsutus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Helianthus
Species:	H. hirsutus
Binomial name
Helianthus hirsutus Raf. 1820
Synonyms[1]
Synonymy Helianthus eggertii Small Helianthus montanus E.Watson Helianthus saxicola Small Helianthus scrophulariifolius Britton Helianthus stenophyllus (Torr. & A.Gray) E.Watson Helianthus strumosus L. Helianthus trachelifolius Mill.

Helianthus hirsutus is a perennial sometimes as much as 200 cm (almost 7 feet) tall, spreading by means of underground rhizomes. Leaves and stems are covered with stiff hairs. One plant can produce 1–7 flower heads, each with 10–15 yellow ray florets surrounding 40 or more yellow disc florets. The species grows in sunny locations in open forests or along the edges of forests.^[3]

See also

• Jerusalem artichoke