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Black-eyed Susan; Rudbeckia hirta   

Photo by Martin van der Grinten @ USDA-NRCS Plants Database

A garden favorite, the black-eyed or brown-eyed susan comes to us from the prairie.  This annual or perennial of the Sunflower family (Asteraceae) has brown disk florets and golden-yellow ray florets.  It can grow to be 2 feet tall and blooms through much of the summer.  Once established, this showy plant will become more abundant each year. 

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