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Heliopsis
''Heliopsis'' is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to dry prairies in North and South America. The sunflower-like composite flowerheads are usually yellow, up to in diameter, and are borne in summer. Species are commonly called ox-eye or oxeye. The name ''Heliopsis'' (pronounced , from Greek ''helios'' for "sun" and ''opsis'' for "appearance") refers to the bright yellow color of the flowers. Species are found widely in cultivation in temperate climates, notably varieties of ''H. helianthoides''. Species There are about 18 species, including: * '' Heliopsis annua'' – Zacatecas, Oaxaca, Coahuila, Michoacán, Querétaro, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, Puebla, México State, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí * '' Heliopsis anomala'' – Baja California Sur * '' Heliopsis buphthalmoides'' (synonym ''Heliopsis canescens'') – Chiapas, Oaxaca, Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia * '' Heliopsis decumbens'' †...
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Heliopsis
''Heliopsis'' is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to dry prairies in North and South America. The sunflower-like composite flowerheads are usually yellow, up to in diameter, and are borne in summer. Species are commonly called ox-eye or oxeye. The name ''Heliopsis'' (pronounced , from Greek ''helios'' for "sun" and ''opsis'' for "appearance") refers to the bright yellow color of the flowers. Species are found widely in cultivation in temperate climates, notably varieties of ''H. helianthoides''. Species There are about 18 species, including: * '' Heliopsis annua'' – Zacatecas, Oaxaca, Coahuila, Michoacán, Querétaro, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, Puebla, México State, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí * '' Heliopsis anomala'' – Baja California Sur * '' Heliopsis buphthalmoides'' (synonym ''Heliopsis canescens'') – Chiapas, Oaxaca, Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia * '' Heliopsis decumbens'' †...
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Heliopsis Suffruticosa
''Heliopsis'' is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to dry prairies in North and South America. The sunflower-like composite flowerheads are usually yellow, up to in diameter, and are borne in summer. Species are commonly called ox-eye or oxeye. The name ''Heliopsis'' (pronounced , from Greek ''helios'' for "sun" and ''opsis'' for "appearance") refers to the bright yellow color of the flowers. Species are found widely in cultivation in temperate climates, notably varieties of ''H. helianthoides''. Species There are about 18 species, including: * '' Heliopsis annua'' – Zacatecas, Oaxaca, Coahuila, Michoacán, Querétaro, Guanajuato, Nuevo León, Puebla, México State, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí * '' Heliopsis anomala'' – Baja California Sur * '' Heliopsis buphthalmoides'' (synonym ''Heliopsis canescens'') – Chiapas, Oaxaca, Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia * '' Heliopsis decumbens'' †...
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Heliopsis Helianthoides
''Heliopsis helianthoides'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common names rough oxeye, smooth oxeye and false sunflower. It is native to eastern and central North America from Saskatchewan east to Newfoundland and south as far as Texas, New Mexico, and Georgia. ''Heliopsis helianthoides'' is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial growing tall. The toothed leaf blades are oval to triangular or lance-shaped and may be smooth or hairy or rough in texture. The flowers are produced from midsummer to early autumn (fall). The inflorescence contains one to many composite flowerheads. Each head contains yellow ray florets which are generally long. The rays are fertile, having a small forked pistil at the base; this distinguishes them from true sunflowers. At the center are many yellow to brownish disc florets. The fruit is an achene about long. In the wild, ''H. helianthoides'' may be found in wooded areas and tallgrass prairie, and sometimes along ...
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Heliopsis Gracilis
''Heliopsis gracilis'' is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common names smooth oxeye and pinewoods oxeye.''Heliopsis helianthoides''.
USDA NRCS Plant Guide.
It is to the southeastern and south-central United States from eastern to . ''Heliopsis gracilis'' is a

Heliopsis Buphthalmoides
''Heliopsis buphthalmoides'' is a New World species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is the only member of its genus native to both North America and South America. It is found in Mexico (from Durango and Sinaloa south to Chiapas), all 7 countries of Central America, and western South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Perú, and Bolivia).Blake, Sydney Fay. 1940. Two new species of ''Heliopsis'' (Asteraceae) from South America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 53: 71-73
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Heliopsis Parvifolia
''Heliopsis parvifolia'' is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by the common name mountain oxeye.''Heliopsis helianthoides''.
USDA NRCS Plant Guide.


Range and Habitat

''Heliopsis parvifolia'' is to northern Mexico from east to and south as far as

Heliopsis Lanceolata
''Heliopsis lanceolata'' is a rare South American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in Colombia. It, '' H. canescens,'' and '' H. decumbens'' are the only three known species of their genus endemic to South America. All the other species are indigenous to North America, with one ''( H. buphthalmoides)'' found on both continents.Blake, Sydney Fay. 1940. Two new species of ''Heliopsis'' (Asteraceae) from South America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 53: 71-73
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Heliopsis Decumbens
''Heliopsis decumbens'' is a rare South American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in Peru. It, '' H. canescens,'' and '' H. lanceolata'' are the only three known species of their genus endemic to South America. All the other species are indigenous to North America, with one ''( H. buphthalmoides)'' found on both continents.Blake, Sydney Fay. 1940. Two new species of ''Heliopsis'' (Asteraceae) from South America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 53: 71-73
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Heliopsis Longipes
''Heliopsis longipes'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the states of Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí, and Querétaro in north-central Mexico. Locally called ''chilcuague'', Azteca gold root, and many other names, it was considered powerful medicine for the prehispanic populations of México. Use and healing properties The root is chewed to numb the tongue and relieve pain in the teeth and throat. It has antibiotic properties (so it is traditionally used against throat infection, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, laryngitis, esophagitis, gingivitis and other infections even on the skin), it is also recognized as a powerful antifungal (traditionally used against athlete's foot, onychomycosis, dandruff and candidiasis or milkweed), is analgesic, antiseptic, anesthetic it is traditionally used in the painful dentition presented by babies helping to immediately eliminate the discomfort caused by the appearance of the first teeth). It is a ...
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Heliopsis Annua
''Heliopsis annua'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread across much of northern and central Mexico from Chihuahua and Coahuila as far south as Puebla and Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ....Hemsley, William Botting. 1881. Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, botany and archaeology 2(8): 156
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Heliopsis Anomala
''Heliopsis anomala'' is a Mexican species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to northwestern Mexico in mountains and canyons near the Gulf of California. It has been found in both states of the Baja California Peninsula as well as in Sonora (including Isla Tiburón).SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter
includes description, distribution map, photos of herbarium specimens


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Heliopsis Filifolia
''Heliopsis filifolia'' is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the state of Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ... in northern Mexico. References External links Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Coahuila in 1889, isotype of ''Heliopsis filifolia'' filifolia Flora of Coahuila Plants described in 1890 {{Heliantheae-stub ...
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