Thin-leaved Sunflower
Helianthus decapetalus
Thin-leaved sunflower is a woodland-edge perennial sunflower with pale yellow daisies on branching stems, thriving in part shade where few sunflowers will. Seeds feed finches; foliage hosts many caterpillars.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- forb
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–5 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~58 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- CT, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV