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Taxon:  Helianthus ciliaris DC.



Summary
Genus:
Helianthus
Family:
Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Subfamily:
Asteroideae
Tribe:
Heliantheae
Nomen number:
104286
Place of publication:
Prodr. 5:587. 1836
Verified:
03/08/2010 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Christov, M. et al. 2009. Wild species of Helianthus L. - Sources of resistance to the parasite Orobanche cumana Wallr. Helia 32:65-74.
  2. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
  3. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora.
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  5. Giordani, T. et al. 2003. Analysis of a dehydrin encoding gene and its phylogenetic utility in Helianthus. Theor. Appl. Genet. 107:316-325.
  6. Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. Note: re. Brazilian common names
  7. Heiser, C. B., Jr. et al. 1969. The North American sunflowers (Helianthus). Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 22(3):96-99.
  8. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
  9. Hnatiuk, R. J. 1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
  10. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  11. Jackson, R. C. & D. P. Hauber. 1994. Quantitative cytogenetic analyses of autoploid and alloploid taxa in the Helianthus ciliaris group (Compositae). Amer. J. Bot. 81:1063-1069.
  12. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
  13. Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
  14. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
  15. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  16. Rogers, C. E. et al. 1982. Sunflower species of the United States. 22.
  17. Schilling, E. E. et al. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships in Helianthus (Asteraceae) based on nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer region sequence data. Syst. Bot. 23:177-187. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  18. Schilling, E. E. 1997. Phylogenetic analysis of Helianthus (Asteraceae) based on chloroplast DNA restriction site data. Theor. Appl. Genet. 94:925-933.
  19. Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
  20. Seiler, G. J. et al. 1991. Renewable resources from wild sunflowers (Helianthus spp., Asteraceae). Econ. Bot. 45:4-15.
  21. Seiler, G. J. 2007. The potential of wild sunflower species for industrial uses. Helia 30:175-198.
  22. Timme, R. E. et al. 2007. High-resolution phylogeny for Helianthus (Asteraceae) using the 18S-26S ribosomal DNA external transcribed spacer. Amer. J. Bot. 94:1837-1852.
  23. Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora.
Common names
English
blueweed –
blueweed sunflower –
Texas blueweed –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansass.w.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahomaw.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoChihuahua 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoCoahuila de Zaragoza 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoDurango 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSan Luis Potosí 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSonora 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoTamaulipas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexicos.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizonas.e.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtahs.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia e.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNebraska 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesNevada 
Native
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas (s.w.), Oklahoma (w.)]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico (s.), Texas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (s.e.), Utah (s.)]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia (e.)
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Nebraska]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [California, Nevada]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Materialspotential as lipidsdue to high oil contentSeiler, G. J. et al. 1991. Renewable resources from wild sunflowers (Helianthus spp., Asteraceae). Econ. Bot. 45:4-15.
Weedpotential seed contaminant Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=104286. Accessed 23 May 2025.