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Bigelow’s Sneezeweed
Helenium bigelovii gets its common name, Bigelow’s sneezeweed, due to the irritation it causes in people allergic to it. Another reference attributed the name to the fact that people would smell the flower in order to make themselves sneeze. Why … Continue reading
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