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Falling For Helen’s Flower |
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Helenium autumnale a.k.a. Sneezeweed
By Jean Najjar (references Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center and Elk Creek Nature Preserve)
Helenium autumnale - from Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center
Helen, as in Helen of Troy is the namesake of this plant. As the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center reports, Helenium autumnale was named by Linnaeus for this tragic beauty of mythology -- as legend has it the flowers grew where Helen’s tears fell. Who knew Carl was such a romantic?
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Spring is Plant Sale Time!! Click here for a listing of Native Plant Sales .
Check our Calendar for upcoming events.
Botanic Field Trips in the Mid-Atlantic States - a collaborative listing of field trips hosted by various botanical groups from much of northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States.
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Welcome to the Pennsylvania Native Plant Society Website |
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The Pennsylvania Native Plant Society is a 501c.3 non-profit educational organization with headquarters in State College, PA. In addition to this website, PNPS conducts educational field trips, publishes a quarterly newsletter, and hosts a native plant sale each May. Our annual meeting is held in the last quarter of the year, featuring speakers on various topics as well as our elections. We welcome your participation and appreciate your membership. Read more in About PNPS .
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 Bob Gruver. Trailing Arbutus. Epigaea repens L.
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