Helenium laciniatum is a North American perennial plant in the sunflower family. It is found in the states of Sinaloa and Sonora in northwestern Mexico.[1][2]

Helenium laciniatum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Helenium
Species:
H. laciniatum
Binomial name
Helenium laciniatum
A.Gray 1874

Helenium laciniatum is a small perennial herb rarely more than 20 cm (8 in) tall. Leaves are pinnately lobed or compound. One plant can produce several flower heads, each on its own long, thin flower stalk.[3][4]

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  1. ^ Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100
  2. ^ SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter, Helenium laciniatum A.Gray includes distribution map and photos of herbarium specimens
  3. ^ Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
  4. ^ Gray, Asa 1874. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 9: 203 in Latin

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