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'''''Rudbeckia hirta''''' ('''Black-eyed Susan''', '''Blackiehead''', '''Brown Betty''', '''Brown Daisy''', '''Brown-eyed Susan''', '''Gloriosa Daisy''', '''Golden Jerusalem''', '''Nigger Daisy''', '''Poorland Daisy''', '''Yellow Daisy''', '''Yellow Ox-eye Daisy''') is a [[flowering plant]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Asteraceae]]. It is an upright [[annual plant|annual]] (sometimes [[biennial plant|biennial]] or [[perennial plant|perennial]]) native to most of [[North America]], and is one of a number of plants with the common name [[Black-eyed Susan]] that also has purple on the side. The plant can reach a height of 1-2 m. It has alternate, mostly basal [[leaf|leaves]] 20-75 cm long, covered by coarse hair. It flowers from June to August, with [[inflorescence]]s measuring 10-15 cm in diameter (up to 30 cm in some [[cultivar]]s), with yellow ray florets circling a brown, domed center of disc florets. {{Inc| Rudbeckia hirta, Linn. Black-eyed Susan. Yellow daisy. Biennial or annual, 1-3 ft. high, simple or branched, hispid: lvs. 2-5 in. long: rays golden yellow, sometimes orange at base. Dry and open ground; common over wide range and often rather a troublesome weed.—R. conspicua, Hort., is probably only a garden form with long narrow orange-yellow ray-florets and a black disk. Var. vomerensis, Hort., differs from the type in having larger fl.-heads with broad ray-fls. which are light canary to golden yellow. }} Describe the plant here... ==Cultivation== ===Propagation=== ===Pests and diseases=== ==Varieties== There are four [[variety (biology)|varieties]]: *''Rudbeckia hirta'' var. ''angustifolia''. Southeastern United States (South Carolina to Texas). *''Rudbeckia hirta'' var. ''floridana''. Florida, endemic. *''Rudbeckia hirta'' var. ''hirta''. Northeastern United States (Maine to Alabama). *''Rudbeckia hirta'' var. ''pulcherrima''. Widespread in most of North America (Newfoundland to British Columbia, south to Alabama and New Mexico; naturalized Washington to California). ==Gallery== <gallery perrow=5> Image:Rudbeckiahirta1web.jpg|[[Inflorescence]] and [[involucral bract]]s Image:Rudbeckia hirta Indian summer.JPG|''Rudbeckia hirta'' 'Indian summer' Image:Rudbeckia hirta Indian Summer.JPG|''Rudbeckia hirta'' 'Indian summer' Image:DSCF0790.JPG|''Rudbeckia hirta'' in southern Maine. Image:Upload.png| photo 1 </gallery> ==References== <references/> *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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