Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Rudbeckia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-61-005:
Rudbeckia triloba
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia triloba
COMMON NAME:
Common Three-lobed Coneflower, Brown-eyed Susan, Thin-Leaved Coneflower
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Bobbie L Holt blh1281_a
May Anderson County SC
Carolina Wild Native Plant Nursery
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JK Marlow jkm060716_112
July Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
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Keith Bradley kab_r_triloba_1822
July Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rudbeckia_triloba_8
July
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JK Marlow jkm140809_431
August Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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JK Marlow jkm140809_434
August Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Rays yellow, 1.5-3cm long; disc flowers blackish-purple, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm140809_437
August Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Stems terete, ribbed, spreading pubescent to glabrous, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm140809_440
August Greenville County SC
In cultivation
At least some leaves on a plant 3-lobed, per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm140823_084
August Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Involucral bracts linear, 5-12mm long, spreading to reflexed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Black-eyed Susan and Cutleaf Coneflower
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JK Marlow jkm140823_089
August Greenville County SC
In cultivation
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_rudbeckia_triloba_18
August
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia triloba var. triloba
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-61-005:
Rudbeckia triloba
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia triloba
1281
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon in GA Mountains, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
Look for it in moist forests and rock outcrops, per Weakley's Flora
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
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Blackish-purple
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Blackish
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p239
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p165
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p165
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p374
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p089
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p305
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p271
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p321
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p372?
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p189