Common name: Greenheaded Coneflower;Cut-Leaved Coneflower
Scientific name: Rudbeckia laciniata
Category: Native Forb, Common Perennial
Sample mature size: 2.5 m tall, 1.5 m wide; 8.5 ft tall, 5 ft wide
Sunlight: Full-sun
Water: Average, Medium-wet
Soil: Loam
Blooms: Yellow in July, August
Natural habitats: Woodland-shaded, Meadow-grasslands, Roadsides-ravines
Wildlife benefits: Butterflies/skippers 🦋, Bees/wasps 🐝
Points of interest: - Tolerates wet soils,spring floods, heat and humidity, and will not tolerate any dry conditions
- Flowers attract a variety of bees, pollinating flies, beneficial wasps, butterflies, skippers and moths. Caterpillars of Silvery Checkerspot Butterflies feed on the leaves and seeds ,sometimes goldfinches are spotted feeding on it as well. Deer and other herbivore resistant