Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Orange Coneflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rudbeckia fulgida +
FAMILY
Asteraceae
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia fulgida +
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-61-003:
Rudbeckia fulgida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Orange Coneflower, Eastern Coneflower
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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.
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.
JK Marlow jkm120815_584
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
In var. speciosa, upper stem leaves not typically reduced, rays 20-40mm long, per Weakley's Flora.
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
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.