Purpledisk Sunflower
Helianthus atrorubens
Airy fall sunflower with yellow rays around a dark purple-red disk, rising on nearly leafless wiry stems from a basal rosette. Tough and long in bloom.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline, neutral
- Bloom
- August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators, songbirds, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~58 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA
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