Showy Black-eyed Susan - Rudbeckia fulgida

May also be called Orange Coneflower

Features: This popular, easy care/low maintenance plant, multiplies readily, good for cut flowers, attracts butterflies, tolerates dry soil. Seeds eaten by goldfinches and other birds. This form is slightly shorter and has more compact flowers with more petals than Black-eyed Susan.

Light: Full Sun or part shade

Soil: Dry to Medium

Height:  1.5 - 2 Feet

Blooms: July to September

See more information and photos at Illinois Wildflowers and USDA Plants Database

Photo Credit: 1 Midwest Groundcovers, 2 Pizzo, 3 Carolyn Cullen - Wild Ones West Cook