Smooth Oxeye
Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet - Aster familySize
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.