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Helianthus laetiflorus

Perennial

HomePerennialHelianthus laetiflorus

Open woods and thickets, often on drier soils.

Family: Asteraceae
Height: 2 m / 7 ft
Sun
Light, Medium and Heavy Soil
Moist

Plant Rating

Edible Uses: 2 of 5
Medicinal Uses: 0 of 5
Other Uses: of 5

Native Habitat

Showy Sunflower, Cheerful sunflower Helianthus laetiflorus native habitat is Open woods and thickets, often on drier soils.

Edible Uses

Tubers - raw or cooked. Used like Jerusalem artichokes, to which they are not much inferior in taste though yields are lower.

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