Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rudbeckia nitida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia nitida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rudbeckia nitida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Rudbeckia nitida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rudbeckia nitida
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Rudbeckia nitida var. nitida
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia glabra
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia nitida
COMMON NAME:
Narrow-leaved Coneflower, St. John's Black-eyed Susan, Shiny Coneflower
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rudbeckia nitida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia nitida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rudbeckia nitida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Rudbeckia nitida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rudbeckia nitida
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Rudbeckia nitida var. nitida
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia glabra
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia nitida
1279
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, adjacent roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Uncommon in GA Coastal Plain
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p180
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p164
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p121
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