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Orange Coneflower in flower
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Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Silvery Checkerspot caterpillars feed on its leaves. It grows wild in 8 of Florida’s 67 counties.

Light
Full sun
Soil
Dry to moist soil
Size
2.5 ft to 3 ft tall, 1.5 ft wide
Flowers
Yellow and orange
Leaves
Evergreen
Roots
Spreading rhizomes or runners
Kind
Wildflower
Add to a bedPlan it in a pot

At its grown size

Orange Coneflower, drawn in a bed

in flower

What it feeds

Butterflies
Host plant for the Silvery Checkerspot
Caterpillars
13 kinds of caterpillars
Bees
56 kinds of native bees
On its flowers
Ligated furrow bee (Halictus ligatus), Pure green sweat bee (Augochlora pura), Bicolored striped sweat bee (Agapostemon virescens), Mining bee (Andrena rudbeckiae)

Grows well with

Eastern Smooth Beardtongue2.5 ft tallSouthern Arrowwood8 ft tallDense Blazing-star4 ft tallRattlesnake-master5 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Rudbeckia fulgida.