Eastern Blackeyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta var. hirta

Native to Georgia (estimated)

Photographs are not available yet.

Ecological relationships

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19CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including GA

Genus host records with ranges including GA · 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
Lithophane unimodaDowdy Pinion

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Orthotaenia undulanaDusky Leafroller
Papaipema cataphractaBurdock Border, Potato-Stalk Borer
Papaipema nebrisStalk Borer
Papaipema nelitaConeflower Borer
Phtheochroa birdanaBird's Cochylid
Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
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

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

Conservation status

Georgia rank	Not available
Global rank	G5T4T5
GA status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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