Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Rudbeckia at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia laciniata var. digitata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-61-001?:
Rudbeckia laciniata FAMILY Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia laciniata
COMMON NAME:
Blue Ridge Cutleaf Coneflower
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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JK Marlow jkm0408c_31
August Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
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JK Marlow jkm0408c_34
August Transylvania County NC
Pisgah National Forest: Pisgah Ranger District
Basal and lower stem leaves 1-5 lobed, per Weakley's Flora.
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JK Marlow jkm0408d_11
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm0408d_12
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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JK Marlow jkm0408d_13
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
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 jkm0408d_20
August Transylvania County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
Disc florets bisexual and fertile; corollas yellow to yellowish green, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm130927_613
September Jackson County NC
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 jkm140906_305
September Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm140906_306
September Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm140906_308
September Jackson County NC
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Steve Marlow snm140907_059
September Jackson County NC
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JK Marlow jkm121006_265
October Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
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JK Marlow jkm121006_266
October Washington County VA
Virginia Creeper Trail
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis
FAMILY
Asteraceae
(?) INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia laciniata var. digitata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-61-001?:
Rudbeckia laciniata
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Rudbeckia laciniata var. humilis
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia laciniata
2567
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: seeps, bog edges, brookbanks, moist forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Uncommon in Carolina Mountains
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!
- 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, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p125
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p121?
- 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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