| Description | A tall branching plant with yellow orange flowers. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (hee-li-OP-sis)(hee-li-AN-thoi-deez) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Wild Flowers |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | 1.5 to 3 inches wide, yellow to orange yellow, both ray and disk flowers are fertile (opposite of true Sunflowers), flowers found on single stalk, blooms July to September |
| Leaves | opposite, at least a 1 inch stalk, coarsely and roughly toothed especially on lower leaves, truncated base |
| Dimensions | up to 4 feet |
| Maintenance | may need staking |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Native to North America |
| Author's Notes | I grew this plant at my nursery. One was planted by the front door of our house and it reached over 7 feet tall. |
| Notes & Reference | #56-Tall Grass Prairie Wildflowers (Doug Ladd), #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Merel Black and Emmet Judziewicz) |
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