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Digital Herbaria

Rudbeckia hirta

Rudbeckia hirta L.

Black-eyed Susan, Common Black-eyed Susan, Brown-eyed Susan, Blackeyed Susan

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

USDA Symbol: RUHI2
USDA Native Status: L48 (N), AK (I), CAN (N)







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Specimen & Label Data

Rudbeckia hirta

Brown -Eyed Susan

Asteraceae

Location: 35 m from Ira Lee Rd., at rear of vacant lot on W side of Barcom Court--Oakwell Farms.
Latitude: 0.000000

Habitat: Full sun. Above average water. Alkaline, alluvial soil.

Description: Erect annual,to 50 cm tall; few branched below middle. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, sessile, pubescent, obscurely toothed, longer than broad. Peduncles about 1/3 height of plant. Involucre hemispheric. Ray flowers yellow w/minute brown spot basally on some, 5 x 15 cm tall, sterile. Disk brown, 1+ cm wide x 1.5 cm tall. Phyllaries in two rows, outer nearly equal rays.

County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: Jun 26, 1988
Specimen number: 350

Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0555
Accession Date: Sep 28, 1993
Accession Number: 41

Annotations: SCXRB

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