Rudbeckia occidentalis

Nuttall

Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 355. 1840.

Common names: Western coneflower
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 51. Mentioned on page 47.
Revision as of 20:32, 16 December 2019 by FNA>Volume Importer

Perennials, to 200 cm (rhizomatous, roots fibrous). Leaves: green, blades broadly ovate to lanceolate (rarely lobed), herbaceous, bases attenuate to cuneate or broadly rounded, ultimate margins entire or serrate, apices acute, faces sparsely to densely hairy (mostly adaxially), rarely glabrous; basal petiolate, 12–30 × 3–9 cm; cauline petiolate or sessile, 5–25 × 2–10 cm. Heads in ± corymbiform arrays. Phyllaries to 3 cm (margins mostly ciliate, hairy, especially abaxially). Receptacles ovoid to columnar; paleae (proximally light brown, distally green, becoming maroon with age) 5–7 mm, apices acute to acuminate, abaxial tips densely hairy. Ray florets 0. Discs 17–45 × 12–20 mm. Disc florets 200–500+; corollas yellowish green proximally, blackish maroon distally, 4–6 mm; style branches ca. 1.2 mm, apices acute to rounded. Cypselae 3.5–5 mm; pappi coroniform, to 1.2 mm. 2n = 36.


Phenology: Flowering summer–fall.
Habitat: Open meadows, streamsides, seeps
Elevation: 1000–2800 m

Distribution

V21-105-distribution-map.gif

Calif., Idaho, Mont., Nev., Oreg., Utah, Wash., Wyo.

Discussion

Rudbeckia occidentalis is sometimes grown as an ornamental.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Rudbeckia occidentalis"
Lowell E. Urbatsch +  and Patricia B. Cox +
Nuttall +
Western coneflower +
Calif. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Nev. +, Oreg. +, Utah +, Wash. +  and Wyo. +
1000–2800 m +
Open meadows, streamsides, seeps +
Flowering summer–fall. +
Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. +
Rudbeckia subg. Macrocline +
Rudbeckia occidentalis +
Rudbeckia sect. Macrocline +
species +