California Coneflower
Rudbeckia californica
California coneflower is a stately Sierra wet-meadow native with tall stems and towering cone-centered yellow daisies. A bold pollinator plant for moist, sunny mountain gardens.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- rain garden
- Native states
- CA