Asteraceae
Green prairie coneflower
Ratibida tagetes
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Ratibida
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Green prairie coneflower
Synonyms
- Lepachys columnaris var. tagetes (E.James) A.Gray
- Lepachys tagetes A.Gray
- Obeliscaria tagetes DC.
- Ratibida tagetes var. tagetes
- Rudbeckia columnaris var. tagetes (E.James) Rothr.
- Rudbeckia globosa Nutt.
- Rudbeckia tagetes E.James
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 44 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Toxicity: Slight, as listed by the USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29). USDA rates how toxic a plant is to people or livestock; it is not a pet-safety rating, so ask a vet or poison line if a pet or child ate it.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Elliott Gordon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: desertnaturalist, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dominic Gentilcore, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jacob Malcom, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Craig Martin, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: laiet17, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Elliott Gordon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.