Quercus

Common Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Native to South Carolina (estimated)

Care

  • Keep the soil moist to wet.
Care sources
Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

6CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC

Genus host records with ranges including SC · Helenium

  • Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
  • Condica sutorThe Cobbler, Cobbler Groundling
  • Condica vidensWhite-Dotted Groundling
  • Nathalis ioleDainty Sulphur, Dwarf Yellow
  • Sparganothis sulfureanaSparganothis Fruitworm Moth, Sulfur Leafroller, False Yellow-Head
  • Carmenta ithacae
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
48BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Helenium

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
14Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Helenium

  • Andrena beameri
  • Calliopsis coloradensis
  • Dianthidium curvatum
  • Dieunomia bolliana
  • Megachile inimica
  • Megachile parallela
  • Megachile xylocopoides
  • Melissodes boltoniae
  • Melissodes dentiventris
  • Melissodes druriellus
Show all 14
  • Melissodes illatus
  • Melissodes manipularis
  • Melissodes wheeleri
  • Paranthidium jugatorium
Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Beetles 1
  • Epicauta pennsylvanica

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Flies 3
  • Anthrax halcyon
  • Scepsis fulvicollis
  • Syrphus arcuatus

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Adult butterflies / moths 2
  • Limochores taumas
  • Phyciodes tharos

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other wasps 6
  • Bembix spinolae
  • Bicyrtes ventralis
  • Polistes variatus
  • Priononyx atrata
  • Sphex nigricans
  • Sphex procera

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other insects 1
  • Euschistus fissilis

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

No records yet · Ants

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Asteraceae
Hardiness
Zones 3a–8b
Flower color
Brown/copper, yellow or orange
Growth rate
Rapid
Growth habit
Single stem
Foliage color
Green
Fruit begins
Fall
Fruit ends
Fall

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Common Sneezeweed

Conservation status

South Carolina rankNot available
Global rankG5
SC statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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