Taxon: Helianthus hirsutus Raf.

Summary

Genus:

Helianthus

Family:

Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)

Subfamily:

Asteroideae

Tribe:

Heliantheae

Nomen number:

27929

Place of publication:

Ann. nat. 14. 1820

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48364247

Verified:

03/08/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

33 (14 active, 12 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Images (2 total. Click on image for more.)

Links

Forestry Images – from www.forestryimages.org

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Brown, R. G. & M. L. Brown. 1984. Herbaceous plants of Maryland
Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist
Chester, E. W. et al. 1993-1997. Atlas of Tennessee vascular plants.
Christov, M. 2008. Helianthus species in breeding research on sunflower. Proceedings of the International Sunflower Conference 17:709-714.
Eilers, L. J. & D. M. Roosa. 1994. The vascular plants of Iowa
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Gandhi, K. N. & R. D. Thomas. 1989. Asteraceae of Louisiana
Georgieva-Todorova, J. 1984. Interspecific hybridization in the genus Helianthus L. Z. Pflanzenzücht. 93:265-279. Note: replaced by Plant Breeding (New York)
Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
Kantar, M. B. et al. 2015. Ecogeography and utility to plant breeding of the crop wild relatives of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Front. Plant Sci. 6: Art. 841.
Kaya, Y. 2014. Chapter 13. Sunflower. In: Pratap, A. & J. Kumar, Alien gene transfer in crop plants, volume 2. Achievements and impacts 281-315.
McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
Ohio Flora Committee (E. L. Braun, T. S. Cooperrider, T. R. Fisher, J. J. Furlow). 1967-. The vascular flora of Ohio.
Ownbey, G. B. & T. Morley. 1991. Vascular plants of Minnesota: a checklist and atlas
Radford, A. E. et al., eds. 1980-. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States.
Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas.
Rogers, C. E. et al. 1982. Sunflower species of the United States 38.
Seiler, G. J. 1985. Evaluation of seeds of sunflower species for several chemical and morphological characteristics. Crop Sci. (Madison) 25:183-187.
Seiler, G. J. 2000. Registration of ten interspecific germplasms derived from wild perennial sunflower. Crop Sci. (Madison) 40:587-588.
Strausbaugh, T. D. & E. L. Core. 1978. Flora of West Virginia, ed. 2.
Sujatha, M. & M. Lakshminarayana. 2007. Resistance to Spodoptera litura (Fabr.) in Helianthus species and backcross derived inbred lines from crosses involving diploid species. Euphytica 155:205-213. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
Tikhomirov, V. T. & P. V. Chiryaev. 2005. Sources of resistance to diseases in original material of sunflower. Helia 28:101-106.
Timme, R. E. et al. 2007. High-resolution phylogeny for Helianthus (Asteraceae) using the 18S-26S ribosomal DNA external transcribed spacer. Amer. J. Bot. 94:1837-1852.
Vear, F. 2011. Chapter 9. Helianthus. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, oilseeds 161-170.
Voss, E. 1972-. Michigan flora.
Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
Wofford, B. E. Database of Tennessee vascular plants (on-line resource).

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	bristly sunflower	1	Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English	hairy sunflower	1	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
English	rough sunflower	1	Rogers, C. E. et al. 1982. Sunflower species of the United States 38.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Eastern Canada	Canada	Ontario	s.e.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Illinois		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Iowa		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas	e.	Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Minnesota		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Nebraska	e.	Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Indiana		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Michigan		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania	s.w.	Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia	s.	Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila de Zaragoza		FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo León	n.	Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida	n.	Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia	n.	Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana	n.	Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina	w.	Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia	w.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.

Native
Northern America

EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Ontario (s.e.)]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania (s.w.), West Virginia (s.)]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas (e.), Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska (e.), Oklahoma, Wisconsin]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida (n.), Georgia (n.), Kentucky, Louisiana (n.), Mississippi, North Carolina (w.), South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia (w.)]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Coahuila de Zaragoza, Nuevo León (n.)]

Reference(s)

FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):111-115.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=27929. Accessed 12 May 2026.