Helianthus occidentalis

Classification	Dicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family (Traditional)	Asteraceae
Genus	Helianthus
Species:	Helianthus occidentalis
Common Name
Growth Habit	**
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics
C value
Status
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Subspecies and Varieties

Helianthus occidentalis Riddell ssp. occidentalis

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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Calloway (KY), Logan (KY), Marshall (KY), Pulaski (KY), Anderson (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Cumberland (TN), Decatur (TN), Franklin (TN), Greene (TN), Hamilton (TN), Knox (TN), Meigs (TN), Montgomery (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Shelby (TN), Weakley (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: EKY, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1876 - 2004

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
MEM001159	Shelby	Tennessee		Pam Boggs s.n.	MEM Helianthus occidentalis
MEM017482	Marshall	Kentucky	24 Aug 1979	Raymond Athey 4434	MEM Helianthus occidentalis
MEM001160	Shelby	Tennessee		Bill Speight s.n.	MEM Helianthus occidentalis
N/A	Franklin	Tennessee	12 Sep 1898	H. Eggert	UCHT Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230456	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230449	Anderson	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230457	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230468	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230466	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230470	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230462	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230460	Meigs	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230454	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230458	Knox	Tennessee	19 Oct 1984	H. R. DeSelm	TENN Helianthus occidentalis
31234100262698	Logan	Kentucky	16 Aug 2004	Edward W. Chester 14676	EKY Helianthus occidentalis
31234100262714	Knox	Tennessee	29 Sep 1977	Henry R. DeSelm	EKY Helianthus occidentalis
MEM012318	Logan	Kentucky	20 Oct 1977	Raymond Athey 3906	MEM Helianthus occidentalis
MEM006498	Calloway	Kentucky	02 Sep 1972	Raymond Athey 2088	MEM Helianthus occidentalis
MTSU021888	Rutherford	Tennessee	27 Jul 1994	Terri Hogan	MTSU Helianthus occidentalis
UCHT041091	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Helianthus occidentalis
UCHT029219	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230464	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230459	Meigs	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230453	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0232380	Pulaski	Kentucky			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230467	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230455	Decatur	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230451	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
31234100262706	Bledsoe	Tennessee	08 Aug 1981	Henry R. DeSelm	EKY Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230450	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230469	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230471	Rutherford	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230472	Weakley	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230463	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
MTSU021893	Rutherford	Tennessee	07 Sep 1986	Landon E. McKinney	MTSU Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230452	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230461	Meigs	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
TENN-V-0230465	Roane	Tennessee			TENN Helianthus occidentalis
N/A	Greene	Tennessee	24 Aug 1876	J. H Redfield 5615	UCHT Helianthus occidentalis

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