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Asteraceae
Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida
Encouragement and justice.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Rudbeckia
- Native to
- Eastern North America
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Type
- perennial
- Height
- 24-36 in
- Sunlight
- full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- moist, well-drained, clay to loam
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 3-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The cultivar 'Goldsturm' won the Perennial Plant of the Year in 1999 and remains one of the best-selling perennials worldwide.
- Named after Olof Rudbeck the Elder and Younger, father-and-son Swedish botanists who taught Carl Linnaeus.
- The dark brown central cone is actually composed of hundreds of tiny tubular disc florets that bloom from the outside in.
- Goldfinches and other songbirds flock to the dried seed heads throughout winter for food.
- It spreads via short rhizomes to form dense, weed-suppressing colonies that require almost no maintenance.
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justice
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motivation