Rudbeckia fulgida Aiton

NEW YORK
nUlftkii Thare s«am to be only tuo spaeias of Rudbeckia in
«ar horbarin» which our plant resemblea. One of these 1«
R# Daamii Blake and thè other is R* manticola Small* The
prò««*! sp«oimensf howevar, show aererai pointa of differw
enea ffrom either of theaa speoiea* They agree «all in
pub«so«no«f le a f-testare, and gonaral habit, but Deam*a
present apeoimena have thè «fin l«a?« a deoidedly ©biancaolata*,
obovate or spatulate, while in both R* Deamii and R# montioola
thay ar« tha ovata typa most deoidedly#	|g 1935
t do no* think that theae apaoimena aro either R* Deamii or R#
montioola, although we ha?a far too little material of R#
Deamii here to onablo one to obtaitt a fkir idea of how muoh
thè le&f^shape in that apeoiaa Tari««» Sin«« that spooles
«ras deaoribod trom Indiana» while R* monticala la trom thè
mountains of lorth Carolina» west Virginia» Geòrgia, and
fonn«ss««, I am inoli*«* to thinfc that thè pr«««nt apeoimena
aro «ora olosely related to R» Deamii than to R» montioola«
Blake saya that &• Deamii la «liié to R* apeoioaa and E*
speciosa far* sullivantiia bat present pianto aro *krth«r
remoTed trom thè«« farm3 than «IH R* Deamii#
iha present sp«ola«&s hav<T$ior« blunt-pointed l«av«s than our
material of H« Deamii#
Za short, X A* ui think that thè	specimen» are either
H. Deaali, R* «ontloolft, Et spi oiosa, or R« speciosa ver*
Saliivantil, aor do I tblik they represeat any speoles at
| present in oar herbariua, althoogh I woald serial nljr he si-
tate to Asserite thè fora as aew Wlthoat a feetter tanlilfi
& là' §t thè cono««
Alexanderi A fon» of speciosa,
and longer leaves.
V»t Deamii, which has thlaasr
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New York Botanical Garden
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Rudbeckia fulgida Ait,
var. fulgida
dei. R# E* Perdue	1956
FLORA OF INDIANA
Warren County Chas. C. Deam, collector
Rudbeckià Deamii Blake
Ho.53,133	Sept. 18, 1933
Roadside ditch about a half mile
north of the Shawnee Bridge
the Wabash River or about
southwest of Williamsport.
Rudbeckia Pf. p*(i*stY» s
C'$pec\°s« - e”)
det. J.J.N. Campbell ^	2012JUniv. of Kentucky
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Rudbeckia fulgida Ait.
var. deamii (Blake)
Perdue
det. R. K. Brodberg 197*]
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