Ox-Eye, False Sunflower

Heliopsis helianthoides (L.) Sweet

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

▲ ▼   mature, flowering plant

▲ flower

Oxeye, False Sunflower:  (pp. 148-149, Weeds of the Great Plains—not in Weeds of the Northeast)

·         creeping perennial with orange to yellow flowers on top o f relatively unbranched stems from midsummer to early fall

·         leaves triangular; stems 4-6’ tall; not as palatable to livestock as true sunflowers

·         found on roadsides, ditchbanks, pastures

·         native to Missouri