Helenium scorzonerifolium is a Mesoamerican perennial plant in the sunflower family. It is native to Mexico and Central America, from Jalisco and Durango south as far as Guatemala.Turner, B. L. 2013. The comps of Mexico. A systematic account of the family Asteraceae (chapter 11: tribe Helenieae). Phytologia Memoirs 16: 1–100Strother, J. L. 1999. Compositae–Heliantheae s. l. 5: 1–232. In D.E. Breedlove (ed.) Flora of Chiapas. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco
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External links Photo of herbarium specimen collected in southern Mexico in 1860s