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Tennessee
Orange Coneflower in flower
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Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Silvery Checkerspot caterpillars feed on its leaves. It grows wild in 26 of Tennessee’s 95 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
19 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

Aromatic Aster2 ft tallShowy Goldenrod4 ft tallEastern Smooth Beardtongue2.5 ft tallCommon Wild Quinine3 ft tallScarlet Beebalm3 ft tallSteeplebush3 ft tallLittle Bluestem3 ft tallDense Blazing-star4 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Rudbeckia fulgida.