| Description | The species version of the more commonly used Rudbeckia Goldstrum |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (rud-BEK-ee-ah)(FULL-jih-dah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Wild Flowers |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | full sun, mostly sunny, some shade |
| Moisture | average, moist, avoid dry |
| Soil & Site | average, moist, avoid dry |
| Flowers | 3" Black Eyed Susan flowers, July through September. |
| Fruit | achene (a dry fruit where the seed separates from the seed coat) |
| Leaves | green, larger leaves concentrated in the basal portion of the plant |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Dimensions | 2-3 plus feet depending on the growing site |
| Maintenance | will reseed, cut off dead flower stalks in the fall, divided when the clump gets to large. |
| Propagation | division, seeds |
| Native Site | Native to North America |
| Misc Facts | Named after the Swedish father and son who were professors of botany and predecessors of Linnaeus, O.J. Rudbeck (1630-1702) and O.O. Rudbeck (1660-1740). (syn.R. fulgida var fulgida, R. fulgida var speciosa) |
| Notes & Reference | #100-Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest (Merel Black and Emmet Judziewicz), #137-A Field Guide to Wildflower of North America (Joan Barker) |
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