Helenium flexuosum Little Bluestem When crushed

When crushed

Everything about this exquisite wildflower is delicately beautiful

it serves as a larval host for Monarch Butterflies

this aster is prized more for its use as a striking groundcover than for its fall blooming scattering of  small white daisy-like flowers

This plant can be aggressive

Helenium flexuosum Little Bluestem When crushedAdd color to the late summer early fall landscape with these perky yellow blooms featuring purplish brown centers. From August through October, Helenium flexuosum attracts songbirds, butterflies, and a variety of pollinators. Helenium is nicknamed Sneezeweednot because it causes hay fever, but because it used to be dried and used as snuff.