Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Habitat:
   Light: sun -part shade
   Moisture: mesic -wet mesic

   Height: 3 -6 ft.
   Flowering Time: late Summer- fall

Notes: NOTICE: does not induce sneezing!; perennial roots send up several upright stems; flower petals fringed at the edges; dried flower parts were used to make a popular sneezing powder.

   Range in Michigan: SE,SW,NL,UP