Rudbeckia maxima

Great coneflower
	Wild population at a blackland prairie preserve in southwest Arkansas
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Rudbeckia
Species:	R. maxima
Binomial name
	Rudbeckia maxima; Nutt.

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

^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rudbeckia maxima". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 October 2015.

L. H. Bailey (2005). Manual of Gardening (2nd ed.). Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.

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[1] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Rudbeckia maxima". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 25 October 2015.

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