Rudebeckia

This image of a Rudbeckia image was taken while visiting the Chicago Botanic Garden this past summer. This is just a small portion of a rather large... more

by Bruce Bley

Title

Rudebeckia

Artist

Bruce Bley

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Photograph - Photography

Description

This image of a Rudbeckia image was taken while visiting the Chicago Botanic Garden this past summer. This is just a small portion of a rather large grouping of these flowers. I liked how the light played on the head of the flower, highlighting the detail on the head.

Rudbeckia hirta, commonly called black-eyed-Susan, is a North American species of flowering plants in the sunflower family, native to the Eastern and Central North America and naturalized in the Western part of the continent as well as in China.

Rudbeckia hirta is one of a number of plants with the common name black-eyed Susan. Other common names for this plant include: brown-eyed Susan, brown betty, gloriosa daisy, golden Jerusalem, English bull's eye, poor-land daisy, yellow daisy, and yellow ox-eye daisy.

Rudbeckia hirta is an upright annual (sometimes biennial or perennial) growing 30�100 cm (12�39 in) tall by 30�45 cm (12�18 in) wide. It has alternate, mostly basal leaves 10�18 cm long, covered by coarse hair, with stout branching stems and daisy-like, composite flower heads appearing in late summer and early autumn. In the species, the flowers are up to 10 cm (4 in) in diameter, with yellow ray florets circling conspicuous brown or black, dome-shaped cone of many small disc florets.

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August 12th, 2016