Heliopsis
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Heliopsis from Greek helios for "sun" and opsis for "appearance" is a genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...

 of herb
Herb
Except in botanical usage, an herb is "any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume" or "a part of such a plant as used in cooking"...

aceous flowering plant
Flowering plant
The flowering plants , also known as Angiospermae or Magnoliophyta, are the most diverse group of land plants. Angiosperms are seed-producing plants like the gymnosperms and can be distinguished from the gymnosperms by a series of synapomorphies...

s in the daisy family Asteraceae
Asteraceae
The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...

 native to North and South America.

Species

Heliopsis species include:
  • Heliopsis buphthalmoides
  • Heliopsis gracilis : Smooth Oxeye, Pinewoods Oxeye
  • Heliopsis helianthoides : Smooth oxeye, False Sunflower, Oxeye, Rough Oxeye
  • Heliopsis longipes : "Gold Root"- Is used medicinally.
  • Heliopsis oppositifolia
  • Heliopsis parvifolia : Mountain Oxeye
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