Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rudbeckia spathulata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Weakley (2022) splits R. fulgida into two full species -- R. fulgida & R. spathulata. Details of abundance between these two have not been clarified. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDED WITHIN
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. spathulata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-61-003?:
Rudbeckia fulgida FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia spathulata
COMMON NAME:
Orange Coneflower
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rudbeckia spathulata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
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. spathulata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-61-003?:
Rudbeckia fulgida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia spathulata
4642
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Bottomlands, bogs, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in GA Mountains)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, usually also basal
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Blackish-purple
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile
FRUIT:
Yellow
Achene
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