North Carolina Wildflowers

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Asteraceae (Compositae) > Rudbeckia (Black-eyed Susan, Yellow Coneflower)

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Alleghany Co., NC
1 July 2006

Common statewide in NC. Note the hairy bracts below the flowers.

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Buncombe Co., NC
8 July 2006
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Alleghany Co., NC
1 July 2006

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
Alleghany Co., NC
1 July 2006

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
St. Clair Co., MI
7 July 2012
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
St. Clair Co., MI
7 July 2012
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
St. Clair Co., MI
7 July 2012
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
St. Clair Co., MI
7 July 2012

Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida) Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida)

Chatham Co., NC
20 Oct 2005


Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC
13 Sep 2008

Common in North Carolina in various moist soil habitats.

Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC
13 Sep 2008

Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC
13 Sep 2008

Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC
13 Sep 2008

Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC
13 Sep 2008

Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Alluvial forest of New Hope Creek bottomlands, Durham Co., NC
6 Sep 2009

Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Alluvial forest of New Hope Creek bottomlands, Durham Co., NC
6 Sep 2009

Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Alluvial forest of New Hope Creek bottomlands, Durham Co., NC
6 Sep 2009

Upper leaves simple, alternate

Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Alluvial forest of New Hope Creek bottomlands, Durham Co., NC
6 Sep 2009

Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Alluvial forest of New Hope Creek bottomlands, Durham Co., NC
6 Sep 2009

Lower leaves dissected.

Alluvial forest of New Hope Creek bottomlands, Durham Co., NC
6 Sep 2009



Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Common names from personal experience and supplemented by the following resources USDA plants website, Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and NatureServe.


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