Pollinator plant

shiny coneflower

Rudbeckia nitida

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Common names

6 names · 5 languages
EnglishYour language
  • shiny coneflower[1][2][3]
  • St. John's or black-eyed Susan[2]
Other languages (4)
Chinese (Simplified)
  • 亮叶金光菊[3]
Finnish
  • kiiltopäivänhattu[3]
Russian
  • Рудбекия глянцевитая[3]
Slovak
  • rudbekia lesklá[3]
Sources & name notes (3)

Names recorded in our plant catalogue and botanical sources, grouped by language. Usage can vary by region.

Catalogue language labels are reviewed separately from botanical source records.

Numbered references identify names recorded by an external source. Other names are from our plant catalogue.

[1] Rudbeckia nitida — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy. This is a common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • shiny coneflower — results[0].names[1]; taxon id 168205; Rudbeckia nitida.
[2] Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20 — Rudbeckia nitida ↗

Common names from World Plants, version 26.05, reproduced in Catalogue of Life 2026-08-20. License: CC BY.

Source records
  • Shiny coneflower — VernacularName.tsv, line 140198; taxon 4TMBM.
  • St. John's or black-eyed Susan — VernacularName.tsv, line 140199; taxon 4TMBM.
[3] Rudbeckia nitida — iNaturalist taxon names ↗

Community-curated iNaturalist taxonomy; common-name attestation, not an independent botanical determination.

Source records
  • shiny coneflower — results[9].names[1]; taxon id 168205; Rudbeckia nitida.
  • Рудбекия глянцевитая — results[9].names[2]; taxon id 168205; Rudbeckia nitida.
  • kiiltopäivänhattu — results[9].names[3]; taxon id 168205; Rudbeckia nitida.
  • 亮叶金光菊 — results[9].names[4]; taxon id 168205; Rudbeckia nitida.
  • rudbekia lesklá — results[9].names[5]; taxon id 168205; Rudbeckia nitida.
Plant references

Source-backed information

Published observations for this plant. Each reference supports the information beside it.

Taxonomy
Rudbeckia nitida is an accepted species in Catalogue of Life.

Taxonomic treatment in the August 2026 release; the catalogue record name is preserved.

Sources [1]
Botanical family
Asteraceae

Family in the cited taxonomic treatment.

Sources [1]
Pollinator guidance
RHS includes Rudbeckia species in its Plants for Pollinators guidance.

Genus-level guidance, not a rating for this individual species or a particular cultivar. RHS planting guidance. Choose accessible flowers with pollen and nectar; reduced-resource and double-flowered forms may be unsuitable.

Sources [2] [3]
Native range
Georgia to Florida.

Explicit native locality records in Kew WCVP v16; introduced and doubtful distributions excluded. Continent conversion follows the documented geographic mapping.

Sources [4]
Catalogue ratings

Who this plant supports

Honey bees

Medium suitability
Nectar value Medium
Pollen value Medium
Plant profile

About this plant

shiny coneflower (Rudbeckia nitida) is a herbaceous plant. It flowers from July to September.

Sources and references

References for the information marked with source numbers on this page.

Sources checked
  1. Catalogue of Life Rudbeckia nitida — Catalogue of Life COL26.8

    COL26.8 (2026-08-20). Contributing checklist: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World. This is taxonomic evidence, not an independent ecological study.

    Supports: TaxonomyBotanical family
    Relevant sections
    • Taxonomy: NameUsage.tsv line 1160963; ID 4TMBM; rank species; status accepted
    • Botanical family: NameUsage.tsv line 1160963; ID 4TMBM; rank species; status accepted

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    Source data licence: CC BY 4.0.

  2. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Plants Of The World

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 2, column 2, entry Rudbeckia species (top 292 pt)

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  3. Royal Horticultural Society RHS Plants for Pollinators — Garden Plants

    RHS planting guidance; applicable flower-form restrictions are retained. General recommendations do not measure local nectar or pollen production.

    Supports: Pollinator guidance
    Relevant sections
    • Pollinator guidance: Page 4, column 2, entry Rudbeckia species (top 637 pt)

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  4. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Rudbeckia nitida — Kew WCVP native distribution

    Native distribution and taxonomic treatment from the official WCVP v16 export (4 June 2026). The link opens the corresponding POWO taxon. Source rows are retained in the native-range audit archive.

    Supports: Native range
    Relevant sections
    • Native range: WCVP v16; wcvp_names.csv lines 539931; wcvp_distribution.csv native locality lines 1693841, 1693842

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    Source data licence: CC BY 3.0.