Southeastern cutleaf coneflower

Rudbeckia digitata Miller; R. laciniata var. digitata (Miller) Fiori

Leaves: basal 12–45 × 10–25 cm, blades 0, 3, or 5-lobed; proximal and mid cauline blades similar (distal usually 3-lobed or not lobed); adaxial faces sparsely to moderately hairy. Receptacles hemispheric to globose; paleae 4–5.5 mm. Ray laminae 20–45 × 5–11 mm. Discs 10–20 × 10–17 mm. Cypselae 3.5–5.2 mm; pappi to 0.7 mm. 2n = 38.

Flowering late summer–fall. Wet sites along streams and edges of woods; 70–1500 m; Ala., Ga., Md., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Va.