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COMMON NAME

Orange coneflower

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Rudbeckia hirta

ALSO KNOWN AS

Black-eyed Susan, Oxeye Daisy, Gloriosa Daisy

Plant family

Aster (Asteraceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

This familiar prairie flower blooms in the mid-spring through the fall. The flowers have a brown button-like disk which the yellow petal-like ray flowers surround.
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Identification hints

Orange coneflowers create a rosette of leaves in their first year of growth but generally do not produce a flowering stem until the second year. The flower blooms in the mid-spring through the fall and have a brown button-like disk surrounded by the yellow petal-like ray flowers.  After they bloom, the petals fall away and the small black fruits are produced.

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Note that Rudbeckia hirta and Rudbeckia fulgidia share the common name of "Black-eyed Susan" -- an excellent lesson in why it is important to know and use scientific names. 

DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Alaska , Alabama , Arkansas , California , Colorado , Connecticut , Delaware , Florida , Georgia , Iowa , Idaho , Illinois , Indiana , Kansas , Kentucky , Louisiana , Massachusetts , Maryland , Maine , Michigan , Minnesota , Missouri , Mississippi , Montana , North Carolina , North Dakota , Nebraska , New Hampshire , New Jersey , New Mexico , New York , Ohio , Oklahoma , Oregon , Pennsylvania , Rhode Island , South Carolina , South Dakota , Tennessee , Texas , Utah , Virginia , Vermont , Washington , Wisconsin , West Virginia , Wyoming
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