Gelenium - high autumn flowers, bloom orange flowers. Bright orange-red flower close up. One Gelenium Helenium, family Compositae. Copy space. Gelenium lat. Helenium is a genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Asteraceae. 32 species in North and Central America, mainly in the Western United States. The stems reach a height of from 10 to 160 cm each stem has one or more flower heads in corymbose inflorescences. The leaves are oval, spear-shaped. Fruit ââ¬â achene with pappocom. Bloom in late summer and autumn. Many types of decorative, eg. gelenium autumn N. autumnale. Forms and garden varieties of hybrid origin combined under the name gelenium hybrid N. hybridum. They are different in height and are different colored flower baskets ââ¬â combinations of yellow, brown and red-purple hues.
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