A course, rough-stemmed plant bearing daisy-like flower heads with showy, golden yellow rays surrounding a brown, cone-shaped central disk.

Head 2-3" wide.

2-7" long,lanceolate to ovate, rough, hairy; lower ones untoothed or scantily toothed, with 3 prominent veins and winged stalks.

Tiny, dry, seed-like, lacking bristles.

1-3'.

June-October.

Fields, Prairies, and open woods.

This native prairie biennial forms a rosette of leaves that first year, followed by flowers the second year. It is covered with hairs that give it a rough texture. Greenhead Coneflower (R. laciniata) has yellow rays pointing downward, a greenish-yellow central disk, and irregularly divided leaves. A double flowered form of R. laciniata, called Goldenglow, is an old-fashioned garden ornamental.