Helenium autumnale var. autumnale

Helenium autumnale var. autumnale

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Native to West Virginia. How scores work Is it native here?

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Light: 4 or more hours of direct sun

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 1 West Virginia county.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

7CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including WV

Genus host records with ranges including WV · Helenium

Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
Condica sutorThe Cobbler, Cobbler Groundling
Condica vidensWhite-Dotted Groundling
Papaipema impecuniosaAster Borer
Papaipema rigidaRigid Sunflower Borer
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

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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

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: ASTERACEAE

What its natural habitat tells you

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

Conservation status

West Virginia rank	S5
Global rank	G5T5
WV status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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