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Sneezeweed
Helenium amarum
32.9716, -89.7348
Field Notes
Description:
Common roadside and pasture flower in the Southeast U.S. It isn't called Sneezeweed because it bothers people with allergies but, apparently, because people once dried and crushed the leaves and used them as snuff. Who knew? A member of the daisy family.
Notes:
Slightly toxic to animals. Also called Bitterweed because milk from cows who eat it has a slightly bitter taste.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2013
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