| Scientific Name: | Rudbeckia hirta |
| Common Name: | black-eyed Susan, gloriosa daisy |
| Family Name: | Asteraceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Biennial, Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Stiffly upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Attract beneficial insects, Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Sessile, Leathery, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Tomentose, Distinctive smell, Oblanceolate, Obovate, Spatulate, Ciliate, Dentate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Head (capitulum), Orange, Yellow, Dark-red, Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct-Nov |
| Fruit: | Achene, Brown, Black, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves alternate, lanceolate, most 12-17cm long x 4-7cm wide, margin entire to dentate and ciliate, pubescence fuzzy; flower heads daisy-like, ray florets bright yellow to orange-yellow to dark red (cvs.), disk florets dark brown. | |