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§1 Plant

Rudbeckia laciniata L.

vernacular cutleaf coneflower — species · Asteraceae

USDA
RULA3
GBIF
3114229
Rank
species
cutleaf coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
Platephotograph · kenttrulssonCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Subshrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Rudbeckia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,157 counties across 37 states/territories
Legend Native · 1157 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
Low
Moisture use
Low
Fire
None
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
100 min.
Precipitation
15–55 in/yr
pH range
4.5–7
Root depth
12 in min.
Fertility need
Low
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Rhizomatous
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
8.2 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Gray-Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Dense
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Fall
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
252,222
Propagation
seed, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Browse palatability
High
Graze palatability
High
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,157 counties across 37 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 82 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 67 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 35 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 55 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 54 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 56 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 98 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 26 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 16 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 39 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 63 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 25 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 72 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 66 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 20 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 36 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 85 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 39 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 61 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/RULA3 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3114229 ↗

Record version

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