Helianthus laetiflorus
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Helianthus laetiflorus, Pers. Showy Sunflower. St. 4-8 ft. high, leafy and rough-hairy: lvs. 4-10 in. long, ovate- lanceolate, more or less serrate, rough on both sides: fls. several, 2-4 in. broad, short-peduncled; rays 15-25, about 1 ½ in. long, showy. Prairies, Ind., Ill., Wis. Gn. 45:372. G.M. 31:204.—A desirable helianthus. The garden form H. semi-plenus is better than the type. Resembles tall-growing forms of H. rigidus, but disk yellow.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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