Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta - Black-eyed Susan - another member of the vast family of Asters (Asteraceae).  Sometimes called the Brown-eyed Susan it is a native perennial that is now found just about everywhere from fields to yard gardens.  There are also a bazillion varieties of cultivars that people plant in their household gardens.

Finches value the seeds they produce but I value their blooming this time of year.  With the official arrival of summer these plentiful yellow flowers are adding more color and variety to the prairie planting.  

Nobody seems to know how Susan became associated with this native plant.