Nuttall's Sunflower

Joe F. Duft. USDA NRCS. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI).

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, Nevada.

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Description: Nuttall's sunflower (Helianthus nuttallii ssp. nuttallii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Red Butte Area, Salt Lake City, Utah. Date: 23 August 2016, 17:41. Source: 2016.08.23_17.41.58_DSC05667. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: Nuttall's sunflower (Helianthus nuttallii ssp. nuttallii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Red Butte Area, Salt Lake City, Utah. Date: 23 August 2016, 17:42. Source: 2016.08.23_17.42.55_DSC05670. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: Nuttall's sunflower (Helianthus nuttallii ssp. nuttallii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Red Butte Area, Salt Lake City, Utah. Date: 23 August 2016, 17:43. Source: 2016.08.23_17.43.11_DSC05671. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Description: Nuttall's sunflower (Helianthus nuttallii ssp. nuttallii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Red Butte Area, Salt Lake City, Utah. Date: 23 August 2016, 17:42. Source: 2016.08.23_17.42.46_DSC05669. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

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Description: Nuttall's sunflower (Helianthus nuttallii ssp. nuttallii), Aster family (Asteraceae). Red Butte Area, Salt Lake City, Utah. Date: 23 August 2016, 17:42. Source: 2016.08.23_17.42.12_DSC05668. Author: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA.

Our native water-loving sunflower, Helianthus nuttallii subsp. nuttallii is a tall, perennial forb. Mature plants are commonly in the four to eight foot range and they can be even taller (2.5 to 3 meters). This is a species that is fast disappearing along the Wasatch Front.August 27, 2013, Murray, Salt Lake County, Utah, elev. 4,360 ft.