Helianthus occidentalis Western Sunflower, Fewleaf Sunflower
(hee-lee-AN-thus  ok-si-DEN-tal-us)
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Helianthus occidentalis Western Sunflower Photo by CJ    

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Helianthus occidentalis Western Sunflower potted plants are $4 each plus UPS shipping.  Please email for availability and shipping cost.

Helianthus occidentalis, Western Sunflower or Fewleaf Sunflower has 1.5 to 2 inch bright yellow flowers rising 2 to 3 feet tall on slender almost leafless stems with mostly basal foliage.  Native Western Sunflower is a colony forming plant that provides excellent ground cover and is very effective for erosion control.  It will grow in average to dry soil and like other sunflowers is visited by butterflies and is an excellent bird seed for finches.  

Western Sunflower seed germination is improved with 3 to 4 weeks cold moist stratification or when planted outside in fall/winter.

Helianthus occidentalis Western Sunflower is an attractive native wildflower plant occurring naturally on dry glades,  meadows, and  prairies from Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Texas, north to Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, and introduced east to New Jersey.  Asteraceae (Aster Family)

The map below shows areas where native Helianthus occidentalis Western Sunflower plants grow wild but it can be planted and will grow over a much wider area than shown.  USDA plant hardiness zones 3 to 9. 

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Helianthus occidentalis Western Sunflower Plant distribution map complements of USDA, NRCS. 2001. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.1
  (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.