Distribution: Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; Washington to California, east to Idaho and Nevada.
Habitat: Sagebrush, grasslands, dry slopes, and other open areas at low to middle elevations.
Flowers: April-August
Origin: Native
Growth Duration: Perennial
Conservation Status: Not of concern
Pollination: Bumblebees, bees, butterflies, wasps
Perennial from a turnip-shaped taproot, the stems clustered, decumbent, freely-branched, 2-12 dm. tall, the herbage rough-hairy.
Leaves lanceolate or narrower, entire, triple-nerved, 3-12 cm. long and 2-15 mm. wide, nearly sessile.
Heads few on each stem, the disk 12-25 mm. wide, yellow; involucral bracts lance-linear, long-pointed, with conspicuous spreading hairs; rays usually 8 or 13, 2-3.5 cm. long, yellow; receptacle chaffy throughout; pappus of 2 readily deciduous awns.
Achenes clasped by the inner involucral bracts.
Publication: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 21: 413. 1886.
PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Helianthus cusickii in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WA Flora Checklist: Helianthus cusickii checklist entry.
OregonFlora: Helianthus cusickii information.
E-Flora BC: Helianthus cusickii atlas page.
CalPhotos: Helianthus cusickii photos.
USDA Plants: Helianthus cusickii information.
