Helenium bolanderi

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|image = J20160707-0143—Helenium bolanderi RPBG (28375209905).jpg

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|genus = Helenium

|species = bolanderi

|authority = Gray 1868

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/gcc-103447 The Plant List, Helenium bolanderi A.Gray ]

|synonyms = *Dugaldia grandiflora Rydb.

• Helenium bigelovii var. festivum Jeps.

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Helenium bolanderi is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name coastal sneezeweed. It is native to southern Oregon and northern California as far south as Mendocino County, primarily along the seacoast.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Helenium%20bolanderi.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map][http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-calrecnum=4030 Calflora taxon report, University of California, Helenium bolanderi A. Gray Bolander's sneezeweed, coastal sneezeweed ][http://www.pnwflowers.com/flower/helenium-bolanderi Turner Photographics, Helenium bolanderi - Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest ] photo, description, partial distribution map

Helenium bolanderi perennial herb sometimes as much as 140 cm (56 inches or 4 2/3 feet) in height. It has a generally unbranched, erect stem with oval-shaped leaves. The flowers arise on naked peduncles with one to three flower heads per plant. Each flower head has a fringe of 15-30 golden yellow ray florets bent backwards from a rounded center of sometimes over 1000 disc florets (yellow toward the base but brown or purple near the tips). The fruit is a tiny, hairy achene a few millimeters long.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=250066849 Flora of North America, Helenium bolanderi A. Gray, 1868. Coastal sneezeweed ]