Taxon: Helianthus petiolaris Nutt.

Summary

Genus:

Helianthus

Family:

Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)

Subfamily:

Asteroideae

Tribe:

Heliantheae

Nomen number:

27937

Place of publication:

J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 2:115. 1821

Protologue link:

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26373613

Verified:

03/08/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

43 (33 active, 32 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Helianthus petiolaris Nutt. subsp. fallax Heiser (62 active accession[s])
Helianthus petiolaris Nutt. subsp. petiolaris (133 active accession[s])

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

Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)

Links

Forestry Images – from www.forestryimages.org

Conservation Status

Reference(s)

University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
Atlagic, J. 2004. Roles of interspecific hybridization and cytogenetic studies in sunflower breeding. Helia 27:1-24.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 253.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Gandhi, K. N. & R. D. Thomas. 1989. Asteraceae of Louisiana
Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1962. Species crosses in Helianthus: I. Diploid species. Brittonia 14:137-147.
Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):55-56.
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Hoes, J. A. et al. 1973. Resistance to Verticillium wilt in collections of wild Helianthus in North America. Phytopathology 63:1517-1520.
Horn, R. 2002. Molecular diversity of male sterility inducing and male-fertile cytoplasms in the genus Helianthus. Theor. Appl. Genet. 104:562-570.
Kane, N. C. et al. 2009. Comparative genomic and population genetic analyses indicate highly porous genomes and high levels of gene flow between divergent Helianthus species. Evolution 63:2061-2075.
Kane, N. C. et al. 2013. Sunflower genetic, genomic and ecological resources. Molec. Ecol. Resources 13:10-20. Note: Formerly Molecular Ecology Notes
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
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Radford, A. E. et al., eds. 1980-. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States.
Rieseberg, L. H. et al. 1999. Introgression between the cultivated sunflower and a sympatric wild relative, Helianthus petiolaris (Asteraceae). Int. J. Pl. Sci. 160:102-108.
Rogers, C. E. et al. 1982. Sunflower species of the United States 12-13.
Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996-. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland.
Smith, E. B. 1978. An atlas and annotated list of the vascular plants of Arkansas
Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
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.
Townsend, J., ed. South Carolina plant atlas (on-line resource).
Ureta, M. S. et al. 2008. Natural hybrids between cultivated and wild sunflowers (Helianthus spp.) in Argentina. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 55:1267-1277.
Wherry, E. T. et al. 1979. Atlas of the flora of Pennsylvania.
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	lesser sunflower		1	Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
English	petioled sunflower		1	Rogers, C. E. et al. 1982. Sunflower species of the United States 12-13.
English	plains sunflower		1	McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
English	prairie sunflower		1	Gandhi, K. N. & R. D. Thomas. 1989. Asteraceae of Louisiana
English (Canada)	prairie sunflower	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 253.
French (Canada)	hélianthe des prairies	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 253.

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):55-56.
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):55-56.
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):55-56.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Nebraska		McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	North Dakota		McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma		McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	South Dakota		McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
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):55-56.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Colorado		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):55-56.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Montana	s.	Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):55-56.
1	Native	Northern America	Northwestern U.S.A.	United States	Wyoming		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):55-56.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):55-56.
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas		Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
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):55-56.
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana	Caddo & Jackson Parishes	Gandhi, K. N. & R. D. Thomas. 1989. Asteraceae of Louisiana
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona		Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):55-56.
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Utah		Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Alberta	s.	Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):55-56.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Manitoba	s.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1	Native	Northern America	Western Canada	Canada	Saskatchewan	s.	Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):55-56.
3	Adventive	Europe	Eastern Europe	Ukraine			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
3	Adventive	Europe	Middle Europe	Austria			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
3	Adventive	Europe	Middle Europe	Belgium			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
3	Adventive	Europe	Middle Europe	Czech Republic			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
3	Adventive	Europe	Northern Europe	Norway			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
3	Adventive	Europe	Northern Europe	United Kingdom			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Europe	Eastern Europe	Lithuania			Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4	Naturalized	Northern America		Canada		e.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4	Naturalized	Northern America		United States		e.	FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4	Naturalized	Southern America	Southern South America	Argentina			Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.

Native
Northern America

WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta (s.), Manitoba (s.), Saskatchewan (s.)]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Montana (s.), Wyoming]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas, Louisiana (Caddo & Jackson Parishes)]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, Utah]

Adventive
Europe

NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom, Norway
MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic
EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine

Naturalized
Europe

EASTERN EUROPE: Lithuania

Northern America

REGION: Canada (e.), United States (e.)

Southern America

SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina

Reference(s)

Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Gandhi, K. N. & R. D. Thomas. 1989. Asteraceae of Louisiana
Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):55-56.
McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.

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=27937. Accessed 14 April 2026.