Common Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

native · Central Texas

Common Sneezeweed is a wildflower native to Central Texas that grows 5 ft tall. It wants full sun and medium water, and handles clay soil. Blooms yellow in fall. Good for butterflies.

Wet ground only. Usually found in wetlands and creek bottoms. It wants reliably moist ground and struggles in a dry upland bed.

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The facts

4 sources

Type: Wildflower
Sun: Full sun (6–8 hrs of direct sun)
Water: Medium
Height: About 5 ft
Bloom: Fall · yellow
Foliage: Deciduous or dies back in winter
Soil: Takes clay
Wildlife: Supports butterflies

Where it grows

65 occurrence records in Central Texas (GBIF).

Can you buy it?

Also grows here — hard to find. Native and recorded growing in Central Texas, but not on the grower stock lists we read. Sourcing varies: some are stocked widely, others you will have to hunt for.

also grows from seed It starts readily from seed, so a packet from a native-seed supplier, or seed collected with permission, is often the easiest way to get a plant no nursery pots.