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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Rudbeckia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-61-001:
Rudbeckia laciniata FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia laciniata
COMMON NAME:
Greenheaded Coneflower, Common Cutleaf Coneflower
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JK Marlow jkm160226_997
February Edgefield County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160319_019
March Pickens County SC
Nine Times Preserve
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JK Marlow s060617_c
June Greenville County SC
Roadside/creekside
Proximal cauline leaves pinnatifid, mid-cauline leaves 5-9 lobed, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm060717_030
July Greenville County SC
Roadside/creekside
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JK Marlow jkm060717_032
July Greenville County SC
Roadside/creekside
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JK Marlow jkm060723_363
July Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm060723_366
July Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm060729_007
July Greenville County SC
Roadside/creekside
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JK Marlow jkm060729_016
July Greenville County SC
Roadside/creekside
Disc almost globose or hemispheric; rays 3-4cm long, often reflexed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm060729_038
July Greenville County SC
Roadside/creekside
Upper leaves ovate, serrate or entire, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow s040704_ab
July Polk County NC
Basal and lower stem leaves 1-2 pinnatifid, with 5-many lobes, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow s040713_c
July Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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Gill Newberry gn08_r_laciniata_yngfrt
August
Fruit a 4-angled, brown [when ripe] achene, per Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011).
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Gill Newberry gn08_r_lanciniata_bee
August
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JK Marlow jkm060805_376
August Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm120815_698
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm120815_703
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Involucral bracts lanceolate to oblanceolate, essentially glabrous, acute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
COMPARE
involucral bracts of Black-eyed Susan and Cutleaf Coneflower
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JK Marlow jkm120815_704
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm120815_704b
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Disc florets bisexual and fertile; corollas yellow to yellowish green, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm120815_708
August Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Inolucral bracts 7-20mm long, 2-5mm wide, reflexed, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm210824_3007
August Greenville County SC
Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area
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Keith Bradley kab_r_laciniata_1608
August Lexington County SC
Three Rivers Greenway
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JK Marlow jkm090913_229
September Jackson County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-61-001:
Rudbeckia laciniata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia laciniata
1277
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist forests, bottomlands, streambanks, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brown
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p240
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p164
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p165
- Great Smoky Mountains Wildflowers (Campbell, Hutson, Sharp, & Hutson, 1962) p118
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p125
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p125
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p376
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p305
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p121
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p270
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p111
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p321
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p371
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p433
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p189
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