Index / Search / Helianthus mollis
§1 Plant
Helianthus mollis Lam.
vernacular ashy 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
· 439 counties across 27 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 439 counties across 27 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Bradley 05011
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Craighead 05031
- Crawford 05033
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Hempstead 05057
- Jackson 05067
- Jefferson 05069
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Little River 05081
- Lonoke 05085
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Randolph 05121
- Sebastian 05131
- Union 05139
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
- Yell 05149
Georgia view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 70 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Bond 17005
- Brown 17009
- Calhoun 17013
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Johnson 17087
- Kankakee 17091
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Massac 17127
- McLean 17113
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Pulaski 17153
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Benton 18007
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Clay 18021
- Clinton 18023
- Crawford 18025
- Daviess 18027
- Elkhart 18039
- Fulton 18049
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Howard 18067
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Knox 18083
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Newton 18111
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Ripley 18137
- St. Joseph 18141
- Starke 18149
- Sullivan 18153
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Crawford 20037
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Franklin 20059
- Greenwood 20073
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Johnson 20091
- Kingman 20095
- Labette 20099
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Miami 20121
- Montgomery 20125
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Shawnee 20177
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Kentucky view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Boyle 21021
- Breckinridge 21027
- Calloway 21035
- Edmonson 21061
- Fayette 21067
- Graves 21083
- Grayson 21085
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henry 21103
- Hickman 21105
- Jefferson 21111
- Larue 21123
- Logan 21141
- McCracken 21145
- Meade 21163
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Ohio 21183
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Trigg 21221
- Warren 21227
Louisiana view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 71 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Camden 29029
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Mississippi 29133
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Perry 29157
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 6 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bryan 40013
- Cleveland 40027
- Coal 40029
- Creek 40037
- Delaware 40041
- Grady 40051
- Haskell 40061
- Johnston 40069
- Latimer 40077
- Le Flore 40079
- Lincoln 40081
- Logan 40083
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- Muskogee 40101
- Oklahoma 40109
- Ottawa 40115
- Payne 40119
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Seminole 40133
- Sequoyah 40135
- Tulsa 40143
- Washington 40147
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Benton 47005
- Blount 47009
- Cannon 47015
- Coffee 47031
- Davidson 47037
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Hardeman 47069
- Haywood 47075
- Henderson 47077
- Henry 47079
- Hickman 47081
- Humphreys 47085
- Knox 47093
- Lawrence 47099
- Lewis 47101
- Madison 47113
- McMinn 47107
- McNairy 47109
- Meigs 47121
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Roane 47145
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- Warren 47177
- Weakley 47183
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Texas view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bowie 48037
- Brazos 48041
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Cooke 48097
- Galveston 48167
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Lamar 48277
- Panola 48365
- Rains 48379
- Red River 48387
- Tarrant 48439
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
- Walker 48471
- Waller 48473
- Wood 48499
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HEMO2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7937401 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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