FNPS Plant Database
Rudbeckia mohrii
Nomenclature
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Family:
Asteraceae (Compositae)
Plant Specifics
Form:
Size:
Life Span:
Long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
Noted For:
Landscaping
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Light:
Moisture Tolerance:
Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry
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Stays wet -to- Somewhat moist, no flooding
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Soil pH:
Suitable to Grow In:
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Vouchered In:
Ecology
Wildlife:
Not studied, Based on insects attracted by other species, we suspect it attracts butterflies and moths, tachinid flies, bee flies, syrphid flies, solitary wasps, social wasps, blister beetils, and soldier beetles, and bees.
Small birds are likely to harvest seeds.
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Citations:
Brakie, M. (2019). Plant Guide for Black-eyed Susan ( Rudbeckia hirta ). ( ). Accessed 2026. USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, East Texas Plant Materials Center. Nacogdoches, TX.
Wunderlin, R. P, B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.
