Taxon:  Helenium amarum (Raf.) H. Rock var. amarum



Summary
Genus:
Helenium
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Helenieae
Nomen number:
452333
Verified:
02/15/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Helenium amarum (Raf.) H. Rock (4 active accession[s])
Helenium amarum (Raf.) H. Rock var. badium (A. Gray ex S. Watson) Waterf. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Gaillardia amara Raf.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Helenium tenuifolium Nutt.
Helenium tenuifolium Nutt. var. tenuifolium

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Bierner, M. W. 1989. Taxonomy of Helenium sect. Amarum (Asteraceae). Sida 13:457.
  2. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansas FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesIndiana FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMichigan FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesPennsylvania FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesDistrict of Columbia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesSouth Carolina FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesVirginia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
Naturalized
Northern America
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California]

Reference(s)
  1. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  2. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
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=452333. Accessed 17 April 2026.