Asteraceae
Blackeyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Rudbeckia
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Common names
By language (20)
- Armenian
- Ռուդբեկիա երկգույն
- Belarusian
- Рудбекія шурпатая
- Bulgarian
- Космата рудбекия
- Chinese
- 黑心金光菊, 黑心菊, 黑眼菊
- Czech
- Třapatka srstnatá
- Danish
- Håret Solhat
- Dutch
- Ruige rudbeckia
- English
- Blackeyed Susan, Black-eyed Susan
- Estonian
- Karvane päevakübar
- Finnish
- Kesäpäivänhattu
- German
- Schwarzäugige Rudbeckie, Rauhaarige Rudbeckie
- Hungarian
- Borzas kúpvirág
- Japanese
- ブラックアイドスーザン
- Latvian
- Pūkainā saulcerīte, Pūkainā rudbekija
- Malayalam
- റുഡ്ബെക്കിയ ഹിർത
- Persian
- گل کوکب کوهی
- Russian
- Рудбекия волосистая
- Slovenian
- Srhkodlakava rudbekija
- Swedish
- Sommarrudbeckia, Sträv rudbeckia
- Welsh
- Blodyn-pigwrn blewog
Synonyms
- Centrocarpha gracilis D.Don ex Sweet
- Centrocarpha hirta D.Don ex Sweet
- Centrocarpha hirta (L.) D.Don ex G.Don
- Coreopsis hirta Raf.
- Helianthus hirtus (L.) E.H.L.Krause
- Rudbeckia hirta f. hirta
- Rudbeckia serotina Nutt.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to September (from 17,676 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- orange (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: introduced, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: TheMongrelKoi, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Scott Loarie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: G. Edward Johnson, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alison Northup, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomas Fox, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: anne jar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Bryant Brumbill-Corral, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: AnRo0002, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Léna Foucault, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.