Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rudbeckia fulgida +
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Orange Coneflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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_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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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 (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
1275
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in (GA) (NC) (SC)
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Variable
...Dry
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, usually also basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Blackish-purple
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p238
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p164
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p164
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p374
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p271
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p320
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p370
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p189