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      "scientific_name": "Helenium aromaticum",
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      "scientific_name": "Helenium atacamense",
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      "scientific_name": "Helenium autumnale",
      "authorship": "L.",
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      "scientific_name": "Helenium bigelovii",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/helenium-bigelovii/"
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      "scientific_name": "Helenium bolanderi",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/helenium-bolanderi/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium brevifolium",
      "authorship": "(Nutt.) Alph.Wood",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000046639",
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      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/helenium-brevifolium/"
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      "scientific_name": "Helenium campestre",
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      "photographs_found": 5,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/helenium-campestre/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium chihuahuense",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000030694",
      "slug": "helenium-chihuahuense",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Helenium donianum",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Helenium drummondii",
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    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium elegans",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000072807",
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      "photographs_found": 207,
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      "scientific_name": "Helenium fimbriatum",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Helenium flexuosum",
      "authorship": "Raf.",
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      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/helenium-flexuosum/"
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      "scientific_name": "Helenium glaucum",
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      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Helenium insulare",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000137747",
      "slug": "helenium-insulare",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Helenium integrifolium",
      "authorship": "Sessé & Moc.",
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      "documented": false,
      "url": null
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      "scientific_name": "Helenium laciniatum",
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      "wfo": "wfo-0000064500",
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      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Helenium linifolium",
      "authorship": "Rydb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000139051",
      "slug": "helenium-linifolium",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium longiaristatum",
      "authorship": "Cuatrec.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000021440",
      "slug": "helenium-longiaristatum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
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      "scientific_name": "Helenium mexicanum",
      "authorship": "Kunth",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000044964",
      "slug": "helenium-mexicanum",
      "photographs_found": 22,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/helenium-mexicanum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium microcephalum",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000130760",
      "slug": "helenium-microcephalum",
      "photographs_found": 77,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/helenium-microcephalum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium ovallense",
      "authorship": "Bierner",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000129225",
      "slug": "helenium-ovallense",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium pinnatifidum",
      "authorship": "(Schwein. ex Nutt.) Rydb.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000063731",
      "slug": "helenium-pinnatifidum",
      "photographs_found": 112,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/helenium-pinnatifidum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium polyphyllum",
      "authorship": "Small",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000134550",
      "slug": "helenium-polyphyllum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium puberulum",
      "authorship": "DC.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000130226",
      "slug": "helenium-puberulum",
      "photographs_found": 342,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/helenium-puberulum/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium quadridentatum",
      "authorship": "Labill.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000045477",
      "slug": "helenium-quadridentatum",
      "photographs_found": 1,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium radiatum",
      "authorship": "(Less.) Seckt",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000061749",
      "slug": "helenium-radiatum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium scaposum",
      "authorship": "Britton",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000034550",
      "slug": "helenium-scaposum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium scorzoneraefolium",
      "authorship": "A.Gray",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000118463",
      "slug": "helenium-scorzoneraefolium",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium thurberi",
      "authorship": "A.Gray",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000133124",
      "slug": "helenium-thurberi",
      "photographs_found": 11,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/helenium-thurberi/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium tinctorium",
      "authorship": "J.F.Macbr.",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000034265",
      "slug": "helenium-tinctorium",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium urmenetae",
      "authorship": "(Phil.) Cabrera",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000123705",
      "slug": "helenium-urmenetae",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium vallenariense",
      "authorship": "(Phil.) Bierner",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000021871",
      "slug": "helenium-vallenariense",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium vernale",
      "authorship": "Walter",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000129421",
      "slug": "helenium-vernale",
      "photographs_found": 59,
      "documented": true,
      "url": "https://botanai.app/plants/helenium-vernale/"
    },
    {
      "scientific_name": "Helenium virginicum",
      "authorship": "S.F.Blake",
      "wfo": "wfo-0000026433",
      "slug": "helenium-virginicum",
      "photographs_found": 0,
      "documented": false,
      "url": null
    }
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  "evidence_gate": {
    "rule": "at least 3 photographs licensed for commercial use",
    "rationale": "This site is commercial, so it can only publish photographs licensed for commercial use. Roughly three quarters of the photographs on iNaturalist are CC BY-NC, which excludes them. A species below the gate is listed here rather than given a page of its own."
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "World Flora Online Plant List",
      "note": "accepted names, authorities, classification",
      "license": "CC0",
      "url": "https://www.worldfloraonline.org/",
      "retrieved": "2026-07-12"
    }
  ],
  "license": {
    "data": "CC BY 4.0",
    "attribution": "BotanAI, https://botanai.app/genus/helenium/"
  }
}