Rudbeckia triloba | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Rudbeckia |
Species: | R. triloba |
Binomial name | |
Rudbeckia triloba | |
Rudbeckia triloba, [2] the browneyed or brown-eyed susan, thin-leaved coneflower or three-leaved coneflower, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae with numerous, yellow, daisy-like flowers. It is native to the central and eastern United States and is often seen in old fields or along roads. It is also cultivated as an ornamental.
Rudbeckia triloba is a biennial or short-lived perennial herbaceous plant that grows to a height of 5 ft (150 cm) with a spread of up to 2.5 ft (75 cm). The primary stem has numerous branches, giving the plant an open, bushy appearance. The stems and branches are hairy and medium green, sometimes with a reddish color. The leaves are also hairy. The basal leaves have three lobes (hence The Latin specific epithet triloba). [4] The stem leaves are alternate and can vary in shape, from three-lobed, generally toward the bottom of the stem, to unlobed, higher up on the central stem and on the secondary branches. The three-lobed stem leaves are up to 7 in (18 cm) long and 4 in (10 cm) wide, and the unlobed leaves are up to 3 in (8 cm) long and 1 in (3 cm) wide. [5]
One or two flower heads measuring 0.5–1.5 in (1–4 cm) appear at the end of individual upper stems. Each flower head has six to twelve bright yellow ray florets surrounding a purplish brown flattened cone of disk florets. The flower heads are abundant and showy, although they have little or no scent. [6] [7]
Compared with Rudbeckia hirta , R. triloba is taller with smaller, more numerous flowers, and the leaves of R. hirta are unlobed with a fuzzy upper surface. [5] Compared with Rudbeckia laciniata , R. triloba is shorter and has fewer lobed leaves. [6]
R. triloba is native in the United States from Utah to the west, Texas and Florida to the south, Minnesota to the north, and Massachusetts to the east. [1] Habitats include disturbed ground, woodland borders, thickets, rocky slopes, and alongside roads and railways. [7]
R. triloba is widely cultivated in gardens and is easy to grow when provided with full sun and moist soil. The plant should be deadheaded regularly to encourage additional bloom, prevent any unwanted self-seeding, or both. [7] [8]
In cultivation in the UK, Rudbeckia triloba has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. [9] [10]
Rudbeckia hirta, commonly called black-eyed Susan, is a North American flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to Eastern and Central North America and naturalized in the Western part of the continent as well as in China. It has now been found in all 10 Canadian Provinces and all 48 of the states in the contiguous United States.
Echinacea angustifolia, the narrow-leaved purple coneflower or blacksamson echinacea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to North America, where it is widespread across much of the Great Plains of central Canada and the central United States, with additional populations in surrounding regions.
Rudbeckia is a plant genus in the Asteraceae or composite family. Rudbeckia flowers feature a prominent, raised central disc in black, brown shades of green, and in-between tones, giving rise to their familiar common names of coneflowers and black-eyed-susans. All are native to North America, and many species are cultivated in gardens for their showy yellow or gold flower heads that bloom in mid to late summer.
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Echinacea purpurea, the eastern purple coneflower, purple coneflower, hedgehog coneflower, or echinacea, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to parts of eastern North America and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern, southeastern and midwestern United States as well as in the Canadian Province of Ontario. It is most common in the Ozarks and in the Mississippi/Ohio Valley. Its habitats include dry open woods, prairies and barrens.
Rubus deliciosus is a North American species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae, native to the United States. Common names include the delicious raspberry, boulder raspberry, Rocky Mountain raspberry or snowy bramble.
Ipomoea indica is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae, known by several common names, including blue morning glory, oceanblue morning glory, koali awa, and blue dawn flower. It bears heart-shaped or three-lobed leaves and purple or blue funnel-shaped flowers 6–8 cm (2–3 in) in diameter, from spring to autumn. The flowers produced by the plant are hermaphroditic. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Ratibida columnifera, commonly known as upright prairie coneflower, Mexican hat, and longhead prairie coneflower, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the genus Ratibida in the family Asteraceae. It is native to much of North America and inhabits prairies, plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico.
Erysimum cheiri, syn. Cheiranthus cheiri, the wallflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae (Cruciferae), native to Greece, but widespread as an introduced species elsewhere. It is also treated as a hybrid under the name Erysimum × cheiri. It is widely cultivated as a garden plant.
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