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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Sweet Coneflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
COMMON NAME:
Sweet Coneflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_rusu_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia subtomentosa
3761
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Moist to dry woodlands, prairies, disturbed areas, per Weakley's Flora
Native west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Waif(s)
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LEAVES:
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Brownish-purple
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p320
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p371
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