Brown- or black-eyed susan

It’s been three years and counting but this is the first time I’ve shown a nice clear shot of a flowering Rudbeckia hirta, known as brown-eyed or black-eyed susan. The date was June 16th and the place was Great Hills Park.

Four months ago you saw the dry seed head remains of this species, and last year a colony of black-eyed susans appeared from a distance, and therefore individually tiny, as part of a panorama of mixed wildflowers.

© 2014 Steven Schwartzman