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Rudbeckia - (R. Hirta) Black-eyed Susan.

Family: Asteraceae

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TOTO - BLACK-EYED SUSAN
 (P/A): Rudbeckia hirta. 75 days.
Heat tolerant; thrives in full sun. Zones 4-9. Ht. 8-10".

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RUSTIC COLORS - BLACK-EYED SUSAN
 (P/A): Rudbeckia hirta. 120 days.
Multi-colored blooms  Bright golden-yellow to mahogany.  Heat and drought tolerant. Hardy in USDA zones 4-9. Ht. 24-30"

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Indian Summer
 
(P/A) Hardy in USDA zones 4-9.

In his Species Plantarum (1753) book, the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus described and named the flower Rudbeckia after Olav Rudbeckia and his son, both professors at the University of Uppsala, and hirta from the Latin word meaning "rough hairy".

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