Rudbeckia fulgida Aiton

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Asteraceae

• Scientific Name

  Rudbeckia fulgida Aiton

• Description

  Species Description - Perennial 3–10 dm, commonly stoloniferous, sparsely to moderately hairy, seldom densely hirsute; lower lvs lanceolate to cordate, long-petiolate, the others similar or gradually reduced, short-petiolate or sessile; heads commonly long-pedunculate, the hemispheric or ovoid disk dark purple or brown, 10–18 mm wide; rays 8–21, yellow to orange; receptacular bracts obtuse or acute, smooth or ± ciliolate-margined, rarely with a few appressed hairs on the back; pappus an inconspicuous low crown; 2n=38, 76. Chiefly in woods or moist places; Pa. to Mich., Ill., and s. Mo., s. to Fla. and Tex., and occasionally adventive elsewhere, as in Conn. July–Oct.

• Common Names

  eastern coneflower