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Black-eyed susan - Definition

Coneflower
Rudbeckia hirta
Black-eyed Susan blossom (Rudbeckia hirta)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Magnoliophyta
Class:Magnoliopsida
Order:Asterales
Family:Asteraceae
Genus:Rudbeckia
Species:hirta
Binomial name

Rudbeckia hirta

The Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) is a flowering plant in the Family Asteraceae.

It is an upright annual (sometimes biennial or perennial) native to the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.

It blooms from June through August with blossoms that measures 2 to 3 inches in diameter with yellow rays circling a brown, domed center.

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The Black-eyed Susan is the state flower of Maryland and has been since 1918 when it was designated the "Floral Emblem" of Maryland. (Chapter 458, Acts of 1918; Code State Government Article, sec. 13-305).

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