| Identification | Food & Medicinal Uses | Web Page Links | Online Videos | References |
| Kingdom | Plantae – Plants |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta – Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | Spermatophyta – Seed plants |
| Division | Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants |
| Class | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | Asteridae |
| Order | Asterales |
| Family | Asteraceae – Aster family |
| Genus | Rudbeckia L. – coneflower |
| Species | Rudbeckia laciniata L. – cutleaf coneflower |
| Variety | Rudbeckia laciniata L. var. laciniata – cutleaf coneflower |
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Native American Ethnobotany by Daniel E. Moerman Timber Press, c1998 ISBN: 0881924539 |
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Medicinal and Other Uses of North American Plants: A Historical Survey with Special Reference to Eastern Indian Tribes by Charlotte Erichsen-Brown Dover Publications, c1989 ISBN: 048625951X |
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Peterson Field Guide for Edible Wild Plants of Eastern/Central North America by Lee Allen Peterson Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (c1999) ISBN: 039592622X |
