|                    Southeastern sneezeweed
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                |                    Helenium pinnatifidum  
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                |                    Asteraceae 
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                 Landscape Uses:
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                 Primarily recommended for natural landscapes and habitat restorations.  Also moist to wet wildflower gardens. | 
               
                Ecological Restoration Notes:  | 
               
              
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                | Availability: | 
               
              
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                 Rarely grown by native plant nurseries. | 
               
              
                | Description: | 
               
              
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                 Small to medium herbaceous wildflower. | 
               
              
                | Height: | 
               
              
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                 Basal rosette about 1-3 inches in height; to 16 inches when in flower.  Broader than tall except when in flower. | 
               
              
                | Growth Rate: | 
               
              
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                 Moderate. | 
               
              
                | Range: | 
               
              
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                 Southeastern United States south to Miami-Dade County and the Monroe County mainland. | 
               
              
                | Habitats: | 
               
              
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                 Wet pinelands and marl prairies. | 
               
              
                | Soils: | 
               
              
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                 Wet to moist, seasonally inundated sandy or calcareous soils, without humus. | 
               
              
                | Nutritional Requirements: | 
               
              
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                 Low; it grows in nutrient poor soils. | 
               
              
                | Salt Water Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water. | 
               
              
                | Salt Wind Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Low; salt wind may burn the leaves. | 
               
              
                | Drought Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought. | 
               
              
                | Light Requirements: | 
               
              
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                 Full sun. | 
               
              
                | Flower Color: | 
               
              
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                 Yellow. | 
               
              
                | Flower Characteristics: | 
               
              
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                 Showy. | 
               
              
                | Flowering Season: | 
               
              
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                 Spring. | 
               
              
                | Fruit: | 
               
              
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                 Inconspicuous achene. | 
               
              
                | Wildlife and Ecology: | 
               
              
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Attracts bee and butterfly pollinators. Provides seeds and insects for birds. | 
               
                     
                | Horticultural Notes: | 
               
              
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                 Can be grown from seed. | 
               
              
                | Comments: | 
               
              
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                 See also the Florida Wildflower Foundation's  Flower Friday page.  | 
               
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                    George D. Gann, 14 January 2015 In habitat, Big Cypress National Preserve, Florida
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