Index / Search / Helianthus grosseserratus
§1 Plant
Helianthus grosseserratus M. Martens
vernacular sawtooth sunflower — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Helianthus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 609 counties across 28 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Medium
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -43 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 20–40 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.8–7.3
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Rhizomatous
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Coarse
- Foliage colour
- Dark Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- High
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- Yes
- Seeds / lb
- 630,000
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- High
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- Yes
- Protein potential
- Low
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 609 counties across 28 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 94 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- Schuyler 17169
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 48 N ▾
- Benton 18007
- Blackford 18009
- Boone 18011
- Carroll 18015
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Dubois 18037
- Floyd 18043
- Fountain 18045
- Fulton 18049
- Grant 18053
- Greene 18055
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jackson 18071
- Jasper 18073
- Jay 18075
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Lagrange 18087
- Lake 18089
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Orange 18117
- Parke 18121
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- St. Joseph 18141
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Vermillion 18165
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Adair 19001
- Adams 19003
- Audubon 19009
- Carroll 19027
- Cass 19029
- Cherokee 19035
- Dickinson 19059
- Fremont 19071
- Guthrie 19077
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Johnson 19103
- Madison 19121
- Mills 19129
- Mitchell 19131
- Montgomery 19137
- Muscatine 19139
- O'Brien 19141
- Page 19145
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Ringgold 19159
- Shelby 19165
- Sioux 19167
- Story 19169
- Taylor 19173
- Union 19175
- Washington 19183
- Webster 19187
Kansas view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Greenwood 20073
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marshall 20117
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Saline 20169
- Shawnee 20177
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Blue Earth 27013
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cottonwood 27033
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Kittson 27069
- Lake 27075
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Mower 27099
- Nobles 27105
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Steele 27147
- Swift 27151
- Todd 27153
- Wabasha 27157
- Waseca 27161
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 85 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Douglas 29067
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Platte 29165
- Polk 29167
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Sullivan 29211
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Webster 29225
- Worth 29227
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Burt 31021
- Butler 31023
- Cass 31025
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dakota 31043
- Dawes 31045
- Dodge 31053
- Douglas 31055
- Hall 31079
- Hamilton 31081
- Holt 31089
- Hooker 31091
- Howard 31093
- Jefferson 31095
- Johnson 31097
- Kearney 31099
- Keya Paha 31103
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Nance 31125
- Nemaha 31127
- Otoe 31131
- Platte 31141
- Richardson 31147
- Saline 31151
- Sarpy 31153
- Saunders 31155
- Thomas 31171
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
- York 31185
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 16 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Ashland 39005
- Ashtabula 39007
- Auglaize 39011
- Carroll 39019
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Clinton 39027
- Columbiana 39029
- Crawford 39033
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Geauga 39055
- Greene 39057
- Harrison 39067
- Hocking 39073
- Huron 39077
- Jackson 39079
- Knox 39083
- Lake 39085
- Lucas 39095
- Madison 39097
- Marion 39101
- Montgomery 39113
- Pickaway 39129
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Seneca 39147
- Stark 39151
- Summit 39153
- Wayne 39169
- Williams 39171
- Wood 39173
- Wyandot 39175
Oklahoma view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 15 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Augusta 51015
- Buckingham 51029
- Charlotte 51037
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Franklin 51067
- Halifax 51083
- Lancaster 51103
- Loudoun 51107
- Lunenburg 51111
- Madison 51113
- Montgomery 51121
- Nelson 51125
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Scott 51169
- Washington 51191
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Brown 55009
- Columbia 55021
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Lafayette 55065
- Marinette 55075
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Racine 55101
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HEGR4 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3119189 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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