[Members of the Sunflower Family with Flower Heads like Sunflowers or Daisies East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]
Orange Sneezeweed , Owl's-claws
Hymenoxys hoopesii
Synonyms: Dugaldia hoopesii, Helenium hoopesii
Orange sneezeweed as seen blooming along the Steens Mountain South Loop Road..........August 31, 2011.
Characteristics:
The large flat flower heads have a wide orangish central disk surrounded by 13-21
yellow-orange ray flowers. Leaves are long and narrow, alternate, with a base
that does not extend along the stem. Plants to 3 feet tall. Flowers from June
into August.
Habitat:
Orange sneezeweed is a wildflower of meadows, streamsides, moist open slopes and open woods in the mountains,from
1800-3350 meters in elevation.
Range:
Orange sneezeweed may be found from western Montana and Wyoming westward to the Steens Mt. of southeastern Oregon and south to New
Mexico and California.
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Additional close-up photos of orange sneezeweed as seen along the North Loop Road several hundred meters downhill from the seeps at the head of Fish Creek, Steens Mountain, Harney County, Oregon........August 31, 2011.
Orange sneezeweed seen amongst early snow patches along the west rim of Kiger Gorge, Steens Mountain..........September 19, 2015.
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Close-up views of the flower heads and involucral bracts of orange sneezeweed as seen at the Rooster Comb, the Steens Mt, Harney County, OR.........June 20, 2004.
The photo above shows a basal leaf of orange sneezeweed as seen at the Rooster Comb, the Steens Mt, Harney County, OR........June 20, 2004.
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The photo at left shows orange sneezeweed as seen from the Rooster Comb, the Steens Mt, Harney County,
OR........June 20, 2004. The photo at right shows orange sneezeweed as observed along FS Road 3915 near the headwaters of Twelvemile Creek in the Bald Hills, Fremont-Winema National Forest.......July 31, 2020.
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Orange sneezeweed in bloom along Forest Road 3915 about one and one-half miles north of the California border, Mount Bidwell Recreation Area, Fremont-Winema National Forest.......July 18, 2022.
Paul Slichter