SCIENTIFIC NAME: Rudbeckia fulgida sullivantii
COMMON NAMES: Sullivant's Coneflower
BLOOM TIME: June, July, Aug, Sept
PLANT PROFILE:
- Plants grow 1 ½ to 2 ½ foot tall.
- Daisy-like flowers have yellow-orange petals with purple brown centers.
- Plants grow in colonies.
- The Potawatomi prepared a tea from the roots for curing colds.
- Early settlers used the plants as a stimulant & a diuretic.
- A yellow dye can be made from this plant.
INSECT/ANIMAL INTERACTIONS:
- Showy flowerheads attract their fair share of pollinating insects.
- Floral insect visitors include bees, small butterflies & skippers, various flies and sometimes beetles.
- Thought or as deer resistant.