What is Black-eyed Susan?
{{Taxobox | name = ''Rudbeckia '' | image = Rudbeckia hirta ct5 008.jpg | image_width = 240px | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Asterales]] | familia = [[Asteraceae]] | genus = ''[[Rudbeckia]]'' | species = '''''R. hirta''''' | binomial = ''Rudbeckia hirta'' | binomial_authority = [[Carl Linnaeus |L.]] }} '''''Black-eyed Susan''''' ''Rudbeckia'' is one of at least four [[genus|genera]] within the [[flowering plant]] family [[Asteraceae]] whose members are commonly known as [[coneflower]]s. Blackeyed Susan is a common Missouri native wildflower which typically occurs in open woods, prairies, fields, roadsides and waste areas throughout the State. The name was given by Carolus Linneaus in honor of his teacher at Uppsala University, Professor Olof Rudbeck the Younger (1660-1740), and his father, Professor Olof Rudbeck the Elder (1630-1702), both of whom were botanists. ==Other websites== {{wikispecies|Rudbeckia hirta}} *http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=A109 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061223003300/http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=A109 |date=2006-12-23 }} *http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RUHI2 {{wiktionary|Black-eyed Susan}} [[Category:Asteraceae]] [[Category:Plants of North America]]