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Orange Coneflower

Rudbeckia fulgida

Found in dry to wet meadows. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

74
Strong

Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 94%

Height
2–3 feet
Spread
1–2 feet
Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Somewhat dry to moist

Space about 1.5 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 44 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count

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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Leaves
Evergreen
Bloom
Summer and fall
Fruiting season
Fall

Recorded in 47 Alabama counties.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Wet meadows

Open, wet, grassy or sedgy ground that is not a bog.

All habitats

Care

  • Avoid soggy soil.
Care sources
Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

18CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Rudbeckia

  • Chlosyne nycteisSilvery Checkerspot
  • Acharia stimuleaSaddleback Caterpillar Moth
  • Adaina ambrosiaeAmbrosia Plume Moth, Ragweed Plume Moth
  • Archips griseaGray Archips
  • Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
  • Epiblema carolinanaGray-Blotched Epiblema
  • Epiblema tripartitanaThree-Parted Epiblema
  • Eupithecia miserulataCommon Eupithacia, Common Pug
  • Homoeosoma electellaSunflower Moth
  • Papaipema cataphractaBurdock Border, Potato-Stalk Borer
Show all 18
  • Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
  • Synchlora aerataWavy-Lined Emerald, Camouflaged Looper
  • Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
  • Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
  • Dichomeris costarufoella
  • Isophrictis rudbeckiella
  • Isophrictis similiella
  • Paralobesia rhoifructana
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
56BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Rudbeckia

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
25Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Rudbeckia

  • Andrena aliciae
  • Andrena asteris
  • Andrena rudbeckiae
  • Diadasia enavata
  • Dieunomia bolliana
  • Dieunomia heteropoda
  • Megachile inimica
  • Megachile parallela
  • Megachile pugnata
  • Megachile xylocopoides
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  • Melissodes bidentis
  • Melissodes boltoniae
  • Melissodes coreopsis
  • Melissodes denticulatus
  • Melissodes dentiventris
  • Melissodes desponsus
  • Melissodes druriellus
  • Melissodes illatus
  • Melissodes subillatus
  • Melissodes trinodis
  • Melissodes wheeleri
  • Paranthidium jugatorium
  • Perdita octomaculata
  • Protandrena albitarsis
  • Protandrena andrenoides
Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Asteraceae
Hardiness
Zones 3a–9b
Flower color
Black, yellow or orange
Fruit begins
Fall
Fruit ends
Fall

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Conservation status

Alabama rankSNR
Global rankG5
AL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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