Virginia sneezeweed

Helenium virginicum · Wherever found · ECOS entity 1028

In plain words

Federal ESA status Threatened

The Virginia sneezeweed is listed as threatenedthreatened: Likely to become endangered soon. under the federal Endangered Species ActEndangered Species Act: The federal law from 1973 that protects listed animals and plants.. This is the U.S. federal status. It is not the IUCN Red List or a state list. The latest step was a proposed delisting rule, published on August 5, 2025. No upcoming date is on the record.

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Each step shows up to three dates: the date the law sets, the date in the agency's workplan or set by a court, and the date the step was published. Every date links to the document it comes from.

Timeline for Virginia sneezeweed
StepStatutory dateWorkplan or court-ordered datePublished (Federal Register)
Proposed delisting rule None set Not in the workplan
Proposed delisting rule published in the Federal Register on August 5, 2025. FR 2025-14809
Comments accepted until October 6, 2025. FR 2025-14809
Final delisting rule
Statutory date August 4, 2026 (final rule, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(6)(A)). No final rule or withdrawal notice published in the Federal Register as of October 24, 2026. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(6)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026
5-year review notice
Statutory date November 3, 2003 (5-year review, 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A); counted from the ECOS listing date). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet. 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)
Statute wording for this date: "at least once every five years". 16 U.S.C. 1533(c)(2)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026

Identifiers and sources

This record
https://conservanode.org/id/species/1028
ECOS
Species profile 6297
Federal Register
Regulations.gov