Find Your Ask the Expert: WHAT FLOWER IS THIS?
MY MOTHER ALWAYS CALLED THIS FLOWER A “LEMONHEAD”. I THINK IT IS A TYPE OF WILD SUNFLOWER. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS ITS GENUS AND SPECIES?
HERE IS A PHOTO OF THE SIMPLE LEAF. IT IS DEEPLY LOBED.
Is this a sunflower?
August 6, 2007 by 6 Comments
From these photos it is a little hard to tell. The bloom looks like it could be a sunflower (Helianthus), Ox Eye (Heliopsis) or Tickseed (Coreopsis). All of these plants have a similar bloom, however the foliage is different for each one. If you could upload a more detailed shot of the foliage, it might aid in identification.
My mother had these in her garden and always referred to them as “golden glow”………….. that was in Canada
Think you may have a form of Rudbeckia triloba. The leave structure looks similar but the flower is more like a Coreopsis. I am still researching.
AH – THE MYSTERY CONTINUES.
Jamie, I am not sure, but I think it could be: Rudbeckia laciniata ‘Goldquelle’
This is a double form of the plant which looks similar.
BINGO!!!!!!! MY LEMONHEAD IS A RUDBECKIA – THE MYSTERY IS SOLVED, JANET. THANK YOU. I FOUND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ROB’ PLANTS (http://www.robsplants.com/plants/RudbeLacin.php) PICTURED IS A CLUSTER THAT IS IDENTICAL TO MINE HERE ON THE EAST SHORE OF LAKE ERIE.