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Helenium L.

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Helenium L., Sp. Pl. 886 (1753)
Helenium L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
886
ICN
Helenium L.
genus
Helenium

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Helenium

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Helenium L.

Annual or perennial herbs. Lvs alternate, simple, entire or serrate, often decurrent. Capitula pedunculate, solitary or in loose cymes. Involucral bracts in 2-3 rows, foliaceous or membranous. Receptacle convex, ovoid, or conic; scales 0. Outer florets usually ♀, sometimes sterile, ligulate, usually yellow. Inner florets ☿, tubular, sometimes all florets tubular and ligules 0. Achenes all similar, not compressed, 4-5-angled, narrowed to base, ribbed, often hairy on ribs and angles; pappus of 5-10, often aristate and laciniate scales.

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Helenium L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District

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5b73a627-caae-4495-9ac1-3244cb32f131
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1 January 2000
11 July 2007
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