Rudbeckia nitida Edmund Cuthbert consistent moisture

consistent moisture

though that name belongs more properly to a different plant

Give room for the rounded

the softer common name descends from the Catawban ya'pa

the corona for the crown of thorns

Rudbeckia nitida Edmund Cuthbert consistent moistureRudbeckia nitida is a tall, luminous coneflower that trades the coarse hairiness of the common black eyed Susans for smooth, glossy, dark green leaves and hairless stems, the shining foliage that gives the species a name. From a leafy base rise slender stems three to five feet tall, each carrying a large yellow daisy whose soft rays droop back from a raised, greenish brown central cone, blooming through the heat of mid to late summer. A native of the