Myriad Botanical Gardens - Oklahoma City, USA

Common name: Large Coneflower

Family: Asteraceae (Aster Family)

Distribution: North America

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

Hardiness: 4a

Life form: Perennial plant

Comments: This perennial coneflower is easily grown in average, moist, well-drained soils in full sun. In optimum growing conditions, the species will naturalize by self-seeding. Commonly called large coneflower, this plant features a basal clump of huge, bluish-green leaves from which rise the sturdy flower stalks bearing yellow-rayed coneflowers. Each coneflower has slightly drooping rays and tall dark brown central cones. Flowers bloom in the summer.
Rudbeckias are a mainstay of ornamental horticulture. Their astounding ease of growth combined with the knockout flower display made them a longstanding favorite perennial. They’re also a pollinator favorite and food source for birds, but are unbothered by rabbits, deer and most other pests.