| Scientific Name: | Rudbeckia occidentalis 'Green Wizard' |
| Common Name: | Green Wizard coneflower, western coneflower |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Group or mass planting, Perennial border |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Basal, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), Green, Black, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal or alternating on the flowering stem, most 10-20cm long x 4-12cm wide, upper stem leaves sessile with rounded bases, margin entire or rarely with a few lobes; flower head disk florets tubular forming an elongated cone, ray florets absent, leaf-like bracts somewhat showy. | |