Question Can anyone identify?

[Killerbunny]

OK @windwalkingwolf I'll take some!

[Ontario Chick]

Conveniently I have Rudbeckia and Coreopsis planted beside each other, it's interesting that the leavers are almost identical, you really have to look closely to see the small difference.

[Jaye]

That's what I thought - that rudbeckia has much darker centres.

[Shnookie]

I was in Home Depot today. They were selling a plant called an Echibeckia. I had never heard of this, so I looked it up. I wonder if the seeds are sterile. One of these days they will be starting up a Plant Police Force to make sure no one is propagating all the plants "they" own. Notice they have trademarked the names. It says hardy zone 5. Interesting. I can grow both Echinacea and Rudbeckia in a zone 2-3 area, with some winter cover.

https://www.perennials.com/plants/echib ... ellow.html

Echibeckia™ Summerina™ Yellow
An intergeneric cross between two popular perennials offering the appearance of Rudbeckia with the hardiness of Echinacea. The advantages are longer lasting flowers, a long bloom season from summer through fall and extra large flowers. This selection from the Summerina™ series features large flowers (60cm/3" across) consisting of bright gold petals with a rusty-orange inner halo surrounding a red-brown cone. USPP#25243: unlicensed propagation prohibited.

[labradors]

Thanks for sharing Shnookie! I bought plants that looked like these a few times, thinking that they were perennials, but they weren't . I too have Echinacea and Rudbeckia. I think Rudbecka "Goldsturm" might be more hardy as I seem to be missing some coneflowers this year......

[WLLady]

Rudbeckia nitida is the one that i had.....http://www.whatsnative.com/images/Rudbe ... 2-9-10.pdf (where the photo is from)