Rudbeckia hirta L.

Black-eyed Susan

Description:

·        Perennial plant with few or no branching

·        Leaves are lance-shaped to elliptical/Radiating flowers are solitary

·        Yellow rays 20-25 mm long with a dark brown hemispheric disk up to 2 cm wide

Habitat:

·        Roadside banks

·        Old fields

·        Thickets

·        Growing in large masses

Distribution:

·        Cow Pasture