rudbeckia
(rʌd-, ruːdˈbɛkɪə)
[mod.L. (Linnæus Systema Naturæ (1735)), f. the name of Olaf Rudbeck (1660–1740), Swedish botanist + -ia1.]
A perennial herb of the genus so called, belonging to the family Compositæ, native to North America, and bearing yellow or orange flowers with a prominent conical disc of dark florets in the centre of each one.
| 1759 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. (ed. 7) s.v. Rudbeckia with oval, Spear-shaped, undivided Leaves, placed alternate. 1789 W. Aiton Hortus Kewensis III. 250 Broad jagged-leav'd Rudbeckia. Nat[ive] of Virginia and Canada. 1821 Bot. Reg. VIII. tab. 525 (heading) Eight-rayed Rudbeckia. 1870 W. Robinson Wild Garden ii. 86 Newman's Rudbeckia... A very showy vigorous plant. 1908 G. Jekyll Colour in Flower Garden ix. 79 The fine double Rudbeckia called Golden Glow is treated in the same way. 1931 Daily Mirror 27 Aug. 7/3 Among the best of autumn-flowering perennials for the mixed border, or the wild garden, are the rudbeckias. 1962 Amateur Gardening 17 Feb. 5 A flower which makes for a bold display in the garden and as a cut flower is the rudbeckia. 1974 C. Milne Enchanted Places vi. 49 The penstemons, the bergamots,..the rudbeckias, the dahlias..were still looking as lovely as ever. |