Asteraceae
Orange coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Rudbeckia
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Common names
By language (7)
- Chinese
- 全缘金光菊, 齿叶金光菊
- Danish
- Stråle-Solhat, Gul Solhat
- English
- Orange coneflower, Glade orange coneflower, Narrow-leaved orange coneflower
- German
- Gewöhnlicher Sonnenhut, Leuchtender Sonnenhut
- Persian
- کوکب کوهی
- Polish
- Rudbekia błyskotliwa
- Slovenian
- Svetleča rudbekija
Synonyms
- Centrocarpha chrysomela (Michx.) G.Don
- Centrocarpha chrysomela D.Don
- Centrocarpha discolor (Pursh) D.Don
- Rudbeckia acuminata C.L.Boynton & Beadle
- Rudbeckia chrysomela Michx.
- Rudbeckia discolor Pursh
- Rudbeckia discolor Elliott
- Rudbeckia foliosa C.L.Boynton & Beadle
- Rudbeckia fulgida var. speciosa (Wender.) Perdue
- Rudbeckia neumanni Steud.
- Rudbeckia neumannii hort. ex E.Vilm.
- Rudbeckia newmanii Loudon
- Rudbeckia scabra hort. ex E.Vilm.
- Rudbeckia speciosa Wender.
- Rudbeckia speciosa var. speciosa
- Rudbeckia tenax C.L.Boynton & Beadle
- Rudbeckia truncata Small
- Rudbeckia umbrosa C.L.Boynton & Beadle
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Yann Kemper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jerzy Opioła, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Étienne Lacroix-Carignan, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lukas Riebling, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: 🌴Anxo🌿, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: christine123, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Lukas Riebling, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: CawVus, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Henry "Nick" Robertson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lauren Butler, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Daniel Dumais, CC BY-SA 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.