Smooth Oxeye

Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet - Aster family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 5.0 feet

Plant Type: Forb/herb

Features

Flower Color: Yellow

Bloom Time: Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intermediate

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Monarchs; Nesting and Structure (Bees); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Smooth Oxeye: Carmenta ithacae, Papaipema rigida, Tischeria heliopsisella

Native Range

  • USA:  Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan
Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.