Rudbeckia fulgida Family: Black-eyed Susan Common Name(s): Danville Grown by: 2005, Kristin Yanker-Hansen (20 species of annuals, biennials and perennials of moist meadows and light woodlands of North America) Rudbeckia = for Olaf Rudbeck (1630'1702) Swedish anatomist, botanist and antiquarian whose son, also a botanist, befriended the yound Linneaus (Karl Linn), then an impoverished student. The name commemorates father and son. fulgida = shining or glistening, which some do. Photo by Steve Morse