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, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- rain garden
- Native states
- CA
Related native plants
More Rudbeckia species
- Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
- Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba)
- Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida)
- Sweet Coneflower (Rudbeckia subtomentosa)
- Giant Coneflower (Rudbeckia maxima)