need help identifying sunflower-like wildflower in CT

[robrocke]

I've had several bunches of this Heliopsis looking wildflower come up over the last couple of years.
I live in southern Connecticut near the coast of Long Island Sound.
Here are photos of the flowers :

And the leaves:

It grows in bunches about 3 feet tall.
Thanks in advance for the ID help!

 

[Chuck]

I've had several bunches of this Heliopsis looking wildflower come up over the last couple of years.
I live in southern Connecticut near the coast of Long Island Sound.
Here are photos of the flowers :
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And the leaves:
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It grows in bunches about 3 feet tall.
Thanks in advance for the ID help!

That is a very widespread wildflower named the Maximilian Sunflower. I think they are just about everywhere from Texas eastward.

 

[robrocke]

Thanks for the quick and easy ID, @Chuck. I'm trying to do a basic inventory of what I've got growing and trying to work toward only native, pollinator/wildlife friendly species. Is this nearby weed/wildflower an easy ID, too (about 4 feet tall)?
Thanks again for the help.

 

[Chuck]

My wife says it might be a variety of Ageratum

 

[Sheal]

It's Conoclinium or Mist Flower.

 

[robrocke]

Thank you @Chuck and @Sheal. There's a very similar looking plant with WHITE flowers nearby. Is there a white variety?

 

[Chuck]

Thank you @Chuck and @Sheal. There's a very similar looking plant with WHITE flowers nearby. Is there a white variety?

There are white sunflowers but not Maximilian varieties.