Purple-headed snezeweed flexing its stems Purple-headed sneezeweed, Helenium flexuosum, is said to have been named by Linnaeus after Helen of Troy; according to one legend, the flowers appeared on the spot where Helen’s tears fell. Whatever the source of the genus name, the species name flexuosum is derived from the Latin flexuosus, which means ‘bending’ … Continue reading Autumn Color in Summer Flowers
