Common Name: black-eyed susan
Scientific Name: Rudbeckia hirta L.
Family Name: Asteraceae (Compositae) - Aster or Sunflower Family

Identification Notes:

life cycle - perennial, reproducing by seed

stems - upright, coarse hairs, rough, infrequently branched growth habit

leaves - alternate, lower leaves broadly lanceolate or oblong, short petioled, upper leaves more linear, sessile; all leaves coarsely haired and toothed to weakly toothed, 3 to 5 veined

flowers - heads of purple-brown disk (tubulate) florets form rounded and elevated cental disk surrounded by orange-yellow ray (ligulate) florets; terminal, long stalked flowers

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