Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Rudbeckia maxima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia maxima
FAMILY
Asteraceae
COMMON NAME:
Giant Coneflower
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Look for it on disturbed ground, per Weakley's Flora
Forb
Perennial
Native: south central US
Documented growing wild in
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SC
Rare, cultivated & rarely persisting
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Maroon
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
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