Purplehead Sneezeweed
Photo credit

Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo

Care

  • Optional bloom tip: Removing spent flowers can encourage more blooms.

Purplehead Sneezeweed

Helenium flexuosum

Listed for containersIts plant group feeds 14 kinds of specialist bees
Flower color
Brown/copper or purple
Bloom
May to August
Height
1–3 feet
Spread
1–2 feet
Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Moist to standing water

Typical bloom time. A plant at the store may not be in flower.

Containers
Yes, listed for containersListed by Missouri Botanical Garden: Container Gardening with Native Plants
Container size
Not recordedMeasure your pot’s depth; we can’t confirm this pot yet.

Native to Kentucky (state-specific source)