Perennials -
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia
hirta (common names: Black-eyed Susan, Blackiehead, Brown
Betty, Brown Daisy, Brown-eyed Susan, Gloriosa Daisy, Golden
Jerusalem, Poorland Daisy, Yellow Daisy, Yellow Ox-eye Daisy) is a
flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright annual
(sometimes biennial or 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
leaves
20-75 cm long, covered by coarse hair. It flowers from June to
August, with inflorescences measuring 10-15 cm in diameter (up to
30 cm in some cultivars), with yellow ray florets circling a
brown, domed center of disc florets.
