ASTERACEAE

Rudbeckia hirta var. pulcherrima

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habit - notice the hirsute pubescence on the leaves and stem head - the ray flowers are infertile and the disk flowers are fertile and perfect
the ligules of the ray flowers are yellow and can have extensive brown coloration or very little, the corolla of the disc flowers is reddish-brown the involucre is also pubescent