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NC Native Plant Society:
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Rudbeckia hirta

Black-eyed Susan, Black-eyed Coneflower

Scientific Name:

Rudbeckia hirta

Genus:

Rudbeckia

Species Epithet:

hirta

Common Name:

Black-eyed Susan, Black-eyed Coneflower

Plant Type

Herb/Wildflower

Life Cycle

Annual (Herbs Only), Perennial, Biennial

Plant Family

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

Native/Alien:

NC Native

Invasive Status:

(*Key)

Size:

1-3 ft., 3-6 ft.

Bloom Color(s):

Yellow, Brown

Light:

Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day

Soil Moisture:

Dry, Moist

Bloom Time:

May, June, July

Growing Area:

Mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, Coastal Plain

Habitat Description:

Dry to mesic soils of fields, wooded openings and margins, powerline clearings, roadsides, meadows, and other disturbed places” [Vascular Plants of NC]. Common in NC mountains and western piedmont, fairly common elsewhere in the state except rare in northeastern coastal plain and sandhills.

Leaf Arrangement:

Alternate

Leaf Retention:

Deciduous

Leaf Type:

Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like

Leaf Form:

Simple

Life Cycle:

Annual (Herbs Only), Perennial, Biennial

Wildlife Value:

Important for Wildlife

Landscape Value:

Recommended and Available

State Rank:

S5: Secure (*Key)

Global Rank:

G5 - Secure (*Key)

Notes:

Three varieties in NC: var. angustifolia [which some authorities suggest is not native in NC], var. hirta, and var. pulcherrima.
Many cultivars available.

Beautiful golden-yellow rays with a dark purple-brown cone-shaped disk

Swain County, NC

The Scientific Name is Rudbeckia hirta. You will likely hear them called Black-eyed Susan, Black-eyed Coneflower. This picture shows the Beautiful golden-yellow rays with a dark  purple-brown cone-shaped disk of Rudbeckia hirta

Bettina Darveaux

Blue Ridge Parkway, Haywood Co., NC

The Scientific Name is Rudbeckia hirta. You will likely hear them called Black-eyed Susan, Black-eyed Coneflower. This picture shows the  of Rudbeckia hirta

Bettina Darveaux

A field of wildflowers along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Haywood Co., NC

The Scientific Name is Rudbeckia hirta. You will likely hear them called Black-eyed Susan, Black-eyed Coneflower. This picture shows the A field of wildflowers along the Blue Ridge Parkway. of Rudbeckia hirta

Bettina Darveaux

Links:

USDA PLANTS Database Record

https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/flora/species_account.php

https://nc.audubon.org/conservation/bird-friendly-communities/bird-friendly-native-plants

https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/rudbeckia-hirta/

https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/rudbeckia/hirta/



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