Index / Search / Helianthus ×laetiflorus
§1 Plant
Helianthus ×laetiflorus Pers. (pro sp.) [pauciflorus × tuberosus]
vernacular cheerful sunflower — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Helianthus
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 167 counties across 20 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 167 counties across 20 states/territories.
Indiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 12 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Amelia 51007
- Augusta 51015
- Botetourt 51023
- Charlotte 51037
- Cumberland 51049
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Goochland 51075
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King and Queen 51097
- Lancaster 51103
- Lunenburg 51111
- New Kent 51127
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Patrick 51141
- Prince Edward 51147
- Smyth 51173
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HELA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3119181 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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