Rudbeckia subtomentosa

Classification	Dicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family (Traditional)	Asteraceae
Genus	Rudbeckia
Species:	Rudbeckia subtomentosa Pursh
Common Name	Southwest Coneflower; Sweet Coneflower
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: lobed; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Base Flower Color: Purple; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Cypsela; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: corymb/cyme/umbel; Inflorescence Types: head; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: N/A
C value	7
Status	Native; AGCP (FAC), EMP (FAC) (NWPL); TN[S2] KY[S1] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Christian (KY), Graves (KY), McCracken (KY), Montgomery (TN), Stewart (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, EKY, TENN, UCHT

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1941 - 2006

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0228935	McCracken	Kentucky			TENN Rudbeckia subtomentosa
TENN-V-0228529	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Rudbeckia subtomentosa
TENN-V-0228528	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Rudbeckia subtomentosa
TENN-V-0228926	Graves	Kentucky			TENN Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0091600	McCracken	Kentucky	27 Sep 1984		APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0023850	Montgomery	Tennessee	22 Aug 1943	R.E.Shanks 2338	APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0023851	Stewart	Tennessee	24 Aug 1981	Edward W. Chester, Jim Price, K. Kio 81-727	APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0023849	Graves	Kentucky	27 Aug 1979	Raymond Athey 4441	APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0023848	Montgomery	Tennessee	13 Oct 1941	R.E. Shanks 1071	APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0058705	McCracken	Kentucky	01 Sep 1971	Raymond Athey	APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0023844	Montgomery	Tennessee	13 Oct 1941	R.E. Shanks 1072	APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa
UCHT029098	Graves	Kentucky			UCHT Rudbeckia subtomentosa
31234100732583	Christian	Kentucky		Landon E. Mckinney	EKY Rudbeckia subtomentosa
31234100732575	McCracken	Kentucky		M. Evans	EKY Rudbeckia subtomentosa
31234100287158	Graves	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	EKY Rudbeckia subtomentosa
31234100287166	McCracken	Kentucky		Raymond Athey	EKY Rudbeckia subtomentosa
TENN-V-0228534	Stewart	Tennessee			TENN Rudbeckia subtomentosa
TENN-V-0228533	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Rudbeckia subtomentosa
TENN-V-0228530	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Rudbeckia subtomentosa
TENN-V-0228531	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Rudbeckia subtomentosa
TENN-V-0228532	Montgomery	Tennessee			TENN Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0023853	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0023856	Montgomery	Tennessee			APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0023852	Montgomery	Tennessee	21 Aug 1979	Edward W. Chester 4204	APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0058706	McCracken	Kentucky	04 Sep 1977	Raymond Athey	APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0053666	Stewart	Tennessee	28 Aug 2006	Dwayne Estes	APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0023845	Montgomery	Tennessee	03 Sep 1942	R.E.Shanks 2145	APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0023854	Montgomery	Tennessee	09 Oct 1949	R.E.Shanks, Frank Woods, Alfred Clebsch 1006	APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0023846	Montgomery	Tennessee	31 Jul 1943	R.E.Shanks 2310	APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0023847	Christian	Kentucky	24 Aug 1981	Edward W. Chester, Jim Price, K. Kio 81-728	APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa
APSC0053667	Stewart	Tennessee	28 Aug 2006	Dwayne Estes	APSC Rudbeckia subtomentosa

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