Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rudbeckia fulgida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Among our coneflowers this one stands out because of its orange or orange-yellow ray florets (vs. pure yellow).... Though it looks somewhat like the familiar Black-eyed Susan (R. hirta), that species blooms in late spring and early summer (May to July). Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-61-003:
Rudbeckia fulgida FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia acuminata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia foliosa
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia fulgida
COMMON NAME:
Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm140625_370
June Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
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JK Marlow jkm140625_370b
June Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
Prongs of Y-shaped styles short & blunt, vs. slender & pointed in R. hirta, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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JK Marlow jkm140625_374
June Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
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JK Marlow jkm140625_375
June Greenville County SC
Cleveland Park
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JK Marlow jkm080729_017
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
A multitude of blossoms w deep yellow ray flowers & dark brown disk flowers, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).
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JK Marlow jkm160727_383
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm190719_0059
July Transylvania County NC
Roadside
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JK Marlow jkm220701_8772
July Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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JK Marlow jkm120815_693
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Phyllaries to 2cm, per Flora of North America.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Black-eyed Susan and Cutleaf Coneflower
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rudbeckia_fulgida_7
August
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JK Marlow jkm060928_103
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
Leaves are rough, ovate, toothed, primarily basal with a few stem leaves, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).
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JK Marlow jkm060928_108
September York County SC
Utility right-of-way
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rudbeckia_fulgida
September
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rudbeckia_fulgida_1_2
October
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JK Marlow jkm081110_053
November Buncombe County NC
NC Arboretum
Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii - 'Goldstrum'
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rudbeckia fulgida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-61-003:
Rudbeckia fulgida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia acuminata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia foliosa
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia fulgida
1275
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Dry to wet meadows, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, usually also basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Blackish-purple
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p238
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p164
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p164
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p374
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p271
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p110
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p320
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p370
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p189
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