Life … Plants Vascular Plants Dicots Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies Sunflower Family Black-eyed Susans and Coneflowers Black-eyed Susan Eastern Black-eyed Susan variety Eastern Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta pulcherrima Supports All 6 native animalssupported in the US Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Black-tailed Bumble Bee, Common Eastern Bumble Bee, Pearl Crescent, Orange Sulphur 6 Key traits Layer Herbaceous plants Plant type Annual Perennial Wildflower From USDA PLANTS. Close