OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rudbeckia fulgida   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-61-003:

Rudbeckia fulgida   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rudbeckia acuminata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rudbeckia foliosa

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rudbeckia fulgida

 

COMMON NAME:
Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower


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image of Rudbeckia fulgida, Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower

JK Marlow    jkm140625_370

June    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

image of Rudbeckia fulgida, Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower

JK Marlow    jkm140625_370b

June    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

Prongs of Y-shaped styles short & blunt, vs. slender & pointed in R. hirta, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Rudbeckia fulgida, Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower

JK Marlow    jkm140625_374

June    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

image of Rudbeckia fulgida, Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower

JK Marlow    jkm140625_375

June    Greenville County    SC

Cleveland Park

image of Rudbeckia fulgida, Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower

JK Marlow    jkm080729_017

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

A multitude of blossoms w deep yellow ray flowers & dark brown disk flowers, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).

image of Rudbeckia fulgida, Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower

JK Marlow    jkm160727_383

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Rudbeckia fulgida, Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower

JK Marlow    jkm190719_0059

July    Transylvania County    NC

Roadside

image of Rudbeckia fulgida, Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower

JK Marlow    jkm220701_8772

July    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Rudbeckia fulgida, Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower

JK Marlow    jkm120815_693

August    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Phyllaries to 2cm, per Flora of North America.


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of Black-eyed Susan and Cutleaf Coneflower

image of Rudbeckia fulgida, Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_rudbeckia_fulgida_7

August        

image of Rudbeckia fulgida, Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower

JK Marlow    jkm060928_103

September    York County    SC

Utility right-of-way

Leaves are rough, ovate, toothed, primarily basal with a few stem leaves, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).

image of Rudbeckia fulgida, Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower

JK Marlow    jkm060928_108

September    York County    SC

Utility right-of-way

image of Rudbeckia fulgida, Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_rudbeckia_fulgida

September        

image of Rudbeckia fulgida, Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_rudbeckia_fulgida_1_2

October        

image of Rudbeckia fulgida, Common Eastern Coneflower, Orange Coneflower

JK Marlow    jkm081110_053

November    Buncombe County    NC

NC Arboretum

Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii - 'Goldstrum'

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Rudbeckia fulgida   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-61-003:
Rudbeckia fulgida   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia acuminata

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia foliosa

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia fulgida

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1275

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry to wet meadows, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, usually also basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Blackish-purple
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Achene

 

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