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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rudbeckia maxima   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia maxima   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Rudbeckia maxima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Rudbeckia maxima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Rudbeckia maxima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Rudbeckia maxima

 

COMMON NAME:
Giant Coneflower


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image of Rudbeckia maxima, Giant Coneflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ruma3_001_lvd

        

image of Rudbeckia maxima, Giant Coneflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_ruma3_007_lvd

        

image of Rudbeckia maxima, Giant Coneflower

JK Marlow    jkm0406b_02

June    York County    SC

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden

Disc 4-8cm at maturity, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

image of Rudbeckia maxima, Giant Coneflower

JK Marlow    jkm0406b_04

June    York County    SC

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden

Leaves strongly blue-green and glaucous, the largest 7-16cm wide, per Weakley's Flora.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Rudbeckia maxima   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Rudbeckia maxima   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Rudbeckia maxima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Rudbeckia maxima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Rudbeckia maxima

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Rudbeckia maxima

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1278

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Pinelands, prairies, low areas in silty or sandy soils, also (eastwards) in disturbed areas (persistent from horticultural use), per Weakley's Flora

Native: south central US

Waif(s)

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Maroon
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers sterile

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene

 

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