Threatened, Endangered, and Proposed (TEP) Plant Profile
Helenium virginicum. Photo by Steve Croy.
Helenium virginicum. Photo by Steve Croy.
Helenium virginicum habitat. Photo by Irvine Wilson, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Helenium virginicum range map.
Helenium virginicum, Virginia sneezeweed
This rare plant is restricted to seasonally inundated sinkhole ponds and meadows.
ESA Status
Visit the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Species Profile link below for links to listing and other USFWS documents.
- Listed Threatened 1998 (PDF, 51 KB)
Threats
- Residential development
- Incompatible agricultural practices
- Filling and ditching of its wetland habitat
- Other disruptions of its habitat and the hydrology that maintains it