Sweet Coneflower (Rudbeckia subtomentosa)
Occasional in Illinois. Plant has long-blooming flowers with bright yellow petaloid rays and dark reddish disk floret corollas. The flowerheads produce a fragrance when crushed. Nectar and pollen attract bees and butterflies (among other insects).
Occasional in Illinois. Plant has long-blooming flowers with bright yellow petaloid rays and dark reddish disk floret corollas. The flowerheads produce a fragrance when crushed. Nectar and pollen attract bees and butterflies (among other insects).
Occasional in Illinois. Plant has long-blooming flowers with bright yellow petaloid rays and dark reddish disk floret corollas. The flowerheads produce a fragrance when crushed. Nectar and pollen attract bees and butterflies (among other insects).
Bloom: mid- to late summer
Habitats: banks of ditches; banks of streams; black soil prairies; cemetery prairies; gravelly seeps; openings in deciduous woodlands; sand prairies; typical savannas and sandy savannas; woodland borders
Lifespan: perennial
Moisture: moist to mesic
Plant type (height): forb (3 to 6 feet)
Requirements: full sun to partial sun
Soil: loam; sandy loam