Asteraceae
Great coneflower
Rudbeckia maxima
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Rudbeckia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 大头金光菊, 大金光菊
- English
- Great coneflower
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification 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.