Black-eyed Susan is a native, perennial or biennial wildflower in Wisconsin. It usually grows one to three feet tall. It bears two to three-inch yellow blossoms with dark centers on one to three-foot stems. The stems and slender, toothless, two to seven-inch leaves are covered with bristly hairs. It prefers moist to dry, well-drained soil. It grows in sun and partial shade in meadows, prairies, fields, and dry, open, deciduous woodlands. (July)