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Search Term(s): Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata   (1 record found)

ASTERACEAE
Aster Family
Rudbeckia laciniata var. laciniata  (green-head Rudbeckia)   
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Synonym
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Carex Section
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Meaning of Scientific Name
Rudbeckia: named for Olof Rudbeck and his son, 17th century Swedish botanists; laciniata: divided into narrow lobes
Native Plant
Yes
Life Form
Perennial Herb
Phenology (Flowering Period)
August
Physiographic Province
☑ Piedmont
☑ Coastal Plain

County Distribution
☑ New Castle
☑ Kent
☑ Sussex

Habitat
Floodplains and stream banks, freshwater tidal marshes
State Status
Common
Piedmont Status
Common
Coastal Plain Status
Common
Global Rank
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Federal Status
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Geographic Affinity
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Species at Limit of Distribution
☐ Northern
☐ Southern

North American Distribution (Non-indigenous Species)
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Coefficient of Conservatism
7
Invasive
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Invasive Watchlist
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Global Origin (Non-native Species)
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Wildlife Values
Host plant for Papaipema nelita (A Borer Moth).
Medicinal Properties
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ID Notes
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Additional Info
Variety laciniata (widespread); variety bipinnata (New Hampshire south to Virginia); variety digitata (Virginia south to Florida); variety heterophylla (endemic to Florida); variety humilis (Virginia south to North Carolina).
Habitats in which this plant occurs
Forested Floodplains and Riparian Swamps (Piedmont)
Freshwater Herbaceous Tidal Wetlands
Freshwater Shrub Tidal Wetlands
Seepage Slope Open Canopy Non-tidal Wetland (Piedmont)
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