Rudbeckia maxima
| Rudbeckia maxima | |
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| Wild population at a blackland prairie preserve in southwest Arkansas | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Rudbeckia |
| Species: | R. maxima
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| Binomial name | |
| Rudbeckia maxima | |
Rudbeckia maxima, the great coneflower,[1] is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, which is used as an ornamental plant. They can reach a maximum height of eight feet. Once it produces seeds, finches and other small birds come to feed on them.
References
[edit]- ^ NRCS. "Rudbeckia maxima". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- L. H. Bailey (2005). Manual of Gardening (2nd ed.). Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
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