Rudbeckia pinnata, commonly called the Grey-headed Coneflower , Yellow Coneflower or Prairie Coneflower, is a very common prairie plant. Its flowers consist of drooping yellow flower petals surrounding a center cone which is light colored often with a dark ring near the bottom as the flower matures. The flower grows on a long stalk at the top of the plant. Rudbeckia pinnata is a perennial plant

Perennial plant

A perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives for more than two years. The term is often used to differentiate a plant from shorter lived annuals and biennials. The term is sometimes misused by commercial gardeners or horticulturalists to describe only herbaceous perennials...

 and can grow up to 5 feet tall. Its leaves are thin and deeply lobed with toothed edges. The leaves are a dull green and can be 2 to 7 inches long. The flower attracts both bees and butterflies, blooms from July through September and is native to the tallgrass prairie

Tallgrass prairie

The tallgrass prairie is an ecosystem native to central North America, with fire as its primary periodic disturbance. In the past, tallgrass prairies covered a large portion of the American Midwest, just east of the Great Plains, and portions of the Canadian Prairies. They flourished in areas with...

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