Photo credit
Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo
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Care
- Keep the soil moist to wet.
Common Sneezeweed
Helenium autumnale
Listed for containersIts plant group feeds 14 kinds of specialist bees
- Flower color
- Brown/copper, yellow or orange
- Bloom
- August to October
- Height
- 3–5 feet
- Spread
- 2–3 feet
- Light
- Part shade to 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 Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia: Container Gardening with Native Plants (2025)
- Container size
- Not recordedMeasure your pot’s depth; we can’t confirm this pot yet.
Native to Tennessee (state-specific source)