Fringed Sneezeweed

Perennials, 20–60 cm. Stems usually 1, usually unbranched distally, moderately to strongly winged, glabrous proximally, glabrous or sparsely hairy distally. Leaves glabrous; basal blades narrowly obovate to narrowly oblanceolate, usually entire, sometimes undulate-serrate; proximal and mid blades narrowly lanceolate, usually entire, sometimes undulate-serrate; distal blades lance-linear, usually entire, rarely undulate-serrate. Heads 1(–3) per plant, usually borne singly. Peduncles 10–30 cm, sparsely hairy. Involucres hemispheric to globoid, 10–18 × 15–25 mm. Phyllaries sparsely to moderately hairy. Ray florets 13–30, neuter; corollas yellow, 14–25 × 4–10 mm. Disc florets 250–650(–1000+); corollas yellow, 4.3–5.4 mm, lobes 5. Cypselae 1.2–1.5 mm, moderately hairy; pappi of 5–12 deeply lacerate, non-aristate scales 2–3.7 mm. 2n = 32.

Leptopoda fimbriatum Torrey & A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 2: 387. 1842, not (Michaux) Eaton 1829

Helenium drummondii is a species of perennial plant in the Sunflower Family, commonly known as fringed sneezeweed. It is native to the south- central United States, in eastern Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana.

Helenium drummondii is an perennial herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall. Leaves are long, thin, and grass-like. One plant can usually produce only 1-3 flower heads. The head is spherical or hemispherical, with sometimes as many as 1000 yellow disc florets, plus 13-30 yellow ray florets. The species grows in bogs, swamps, and other wet places.