Rudbeckia californica

Rudbeckia californica

''Rudbeckia californica'' is a species of flowering plant in the Sunflower or Aster Family , known by the common name California coneflower.
California coneflower Sep 17, 2014. Yosemite Valley NP, CA. The inflorescence is a usually solitary sunflower-like flower head with a base up to 6 centimeters wide lined with several ray florets, each of which are 2 to 6 centimeters long. The yellow ray florets extend outwards and then become reflexed, pointing back along the stem. The disc florets filling the button-shaped to conical to cylindrical center of the head are greenish yellow. Habitat: It can be found in moist habitat types, such as mountain meadows and streambanks. Geotagged,Rudbeckia californica,Summer,United States

Habitat

It is native to California, where it grows in the Sierra Nevada, the Klamath Mountains, and northern coastal areas. It can be found in moist habitat types, such as mountain meadows and streambanks.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderAsterales
FamilyAsteraceae
GenusRudbeckia
SpeciesR. californica
Photographed in
United States of America