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Plant Details

Rudbeckia laciniata

Cutleaf Coneflower, Goldenglow, Green-headed Coneflower, Sochan

Scientific Name:	Rudbeckia laciniata
Genus:	Rudbeckia
Species Epithet:	laciniata
Common Name:	Cutleaf Coneflower, Goldenglow, Green-headed Coneflower, Sochan
Plant Type	Herb/Wildflower
Life Cycle	Perennial
Plant Family	Asteraceae (Aster Family)
Native/Alien:	NC Native
Invasive Status:	^(*Key)
Size:	3-6 ft., 6-12 ft.
Bloom Color(s):	Yellow, Green
Light:	Sun - 6 or more hours of sun per day, Part Shade - 2 to 6 hours of sun per day
Soil Moisture:	Moist
Bloom Time:	July, August, September, October
Growing Area:	Mountains, Piedmont, Sandhills, Coastal Plain
Habitat Description:	“Brownwater river floodplains and bottomlands, brownwater creeksides and streamsides, roadsides through the above, clearings and meadows near the above. Essentially a wetland species of rich soil habitats.”[Vascular Plants of North Carolina]. Common in NC mountains and piedmont, uncommon in coastal plain and rare or absent on the sandhills.
Leaf Arrangement:	Alternate, Basal
Leaf Retention:	Deciduous
Leaf Type:	Leaves veined, not needle-like or scale-like
Leaf Form:	Simple
Life Cycle:	Perennial
Wildlife Value:	Important for Wildlife
Landscape Value:	Recommended and Available
State Rank:	^(*Key)
Global Rank:	^(*Key)
State Status:	^(*Key)
Notes:	Four varieties listed in NC: var. bipinnata, Global Rank G5TNR, State Rank SU var. digitata, Global Rank G5TNR, State Rank S3? var. humilis, Global Rank G5T3?, State Rank S2?, State Status W7 var. laciniata Global Rank G5T5, State Rank S5 Colonial and self-sows exurberantly.
North Carolina mountains along the Blue Ridge Parkway Bettina Darveaux
Close-up of flower showing dome-shaped green disk Orange County, NC Bettina Darveaux
Large leaves with numerous lobes Orange County, NC Bettina Darveaux
A rosette of basal leaves persists through the winter. Confluence Natural Area, Orange County, NC 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-laciniata/ https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/rudbeckia/laciniata/