Rudbeckia hirta L.
Blackeyed Susan
Florida native
A common wildflower of sandhills, flatwoods and disturbed sites throughout nearly all of Florida. The includes almost all of North America except for the far northern regions.
The leaves and stem are hispid to hirsute - having short, stiff hairs. The cone-shaped disks are brown-purple and are surrounded by 8 to 16 yellow or yellow-orange ray florets.
Several of the images here of blackeyed susan flowers show pollinators and other insects on them. One has a transverse-banded flower fly.
Another of the images shows a tumbling flower beetle on this wildflower. A third photo shows a southern cloudywing butterfly.
Rudbeckia hirta is a member of the Asteraceae - Aster family.
Other species of the Rudbeckia genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Rudbeckia graminifolia - GRASSLEAF CONEFLOWER
Rudbeckia laciniata - CUTLEAF CONEFLOWER
Rudbeckia nitida - SHINY CONEFLOWER
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
iNaturalist profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Mar 05, 2023