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Plant Details

Rudbeckia hirta

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Black-eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta

Photo Credit: Earth Tones Native Plants

Rudbeckia hirta

Photo Credit: Earth Tones Native Plants

Rudbeckia hirta

Photo Credit: Earth Tones Native Plants

Keystone species - host plant for caterpillars & specialist bees. Deer resistant plant. A good spreader.

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Perennial

Mid-late summer

Full Sun - Part Shade

Dry - Average

1-3’

Yellow

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Important pollen source for specialist bees. Long-lasting forage for bees & flies. Leaves feed 15 species of butterfly & moths caterpillars. Seed cones persist from fall to winter to fuel migrating and overwintering songbirds.

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