Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rudbeckia fulgida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Among our coneflowers this one stands out because of its orange or orange-yellow ray florets (vs. pure yellow).... Though it looks somewhat like the familiar Black-eyed Susan (R. hirta), that species blooms in late spring and early summer (May to July). Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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. fulgida
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-61-003:
Rudbeckia fulgida FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia acuminata
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia foliosa
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia fulgida
COMMON NAME:
Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange 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 (Smith, 1998).
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 (Hunter, 2002).
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 (Hunter, 2002).
JK Marlow jkm081110_053
November Buncombe County NC
NC Arboretum
Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii - 'Goldstrum'
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rudbeckia fulgida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
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. fulgida
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-61-003:
Rudbeckia fulgida
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia acuminata
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia foliosa
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia fulgida
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