Asteraceae
Shiny coneflower
Rudbeckia nitida
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Rudbeckia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 亮叶金光菊
- Danish
- Glans-Solhat
- English
- Shiny coneflower
Synonyms
- Rudbeckia glabra DC.
- Rudbeckia nitida var. nitida
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Sten assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oceancetaceen - Alice Chodura, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, 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.