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Rudbeckia hirta
black-eyed Susan
Specimens
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Distribution: Occurring in scattered locations on both sides of the Cascades crest; British Columbia to California, east across much of the North America to the Atlantic Coast.

Habitat: Open meadows and disturbed places.

Flowers: June-August

Origin: Introduced from further east in North America

Growth Duration: Annual

Conservation Status: Not of concern

Pollination: Bees, flies, beetles, wasps

Description:
General:

Biennial or short-lived perennial, 3-10 dm. tall, rough-hairy throughout.

Leaves:

Lower leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, long-petiolate, the others lance-linear to oblong, mostly sessile.

Flowers:

Heads long-pedunculate, the disk hemispheric, 1-2 cm. wide, dark purple or brown; involucral bracts in 2-3 series, becoming reflexed; rays 8-20, orange, neutral, 2-4 cm. long; receptacle enlarged, conic, chaffy throughout, its bracts acute and short-hairy, clasping the achenes; pappus none.

Fruits:

Heads long-pedunculate, the disk hemispheric, 1-2 cm. wide, dark purple or brown; involucral bracts in 2-3 series, becoming reflexed; rays 8-20, orange, neutral, 2-4 cm. long; receptacle enlarged, conic, chaffy throughout, its bracts acute and short-hairy, clasping the achenes; pappus none.

Accepted Name:
Rudbeckia hirta L.
Publication: Sp. Pl. 2: 907. 1753.

Synonyms & Misapplications:
(none provided)
Infraspecies:
Additional Resources:

PNW Herbaria: Specimen records of Rudbeckia hirta in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database

WA Flora Checklist: Rudbeckia hirta checklist entry

OregonFlora: Rudbeckia hirta information

E-Flora BC: Rudbeckia hirta atlas page

CalPhotos: Rudbeckia hirta photos

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