Flowering plantsIn Stark County, Ohio

Grey-headed coneflower

Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart

Grey-headed coneflower in all of Ohio
grey-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
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Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Near Stark County

Range

Where it is recorded

Season shown in 10 of Ohio's 88 counties. Explore Ohio

  • No result yet (27)
  • Recorded, too few records for a result (46)
  • Recorded, season not shown (5)
  • Season shown (10)
Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau, 2025 Cartographic Boundary Files, 1:500,000. Show as a table
Counties as a table
grey-headed coneflower by Ohio county: records and mapped range
CountyRecords
Adams County35 · Recorded, season not shown
Allen CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ashtabula CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Athens CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Auglaize CountyNo qualifying records yet
Belmont CountyNo qualifying records yet
Brown CountyNo qualifying records yet
Butler County21 · Recorded, season not shown
Carroll CountyNo qualifying records yet
Champaign CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clark CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Clermont County39 · Recorded, season not shown
Clinton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Columbiana CountyNo qualifying records yet
Coshocton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Crawford CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Cuyahoga County45 · Season shown
Darke CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Defiance CountyNo qualifying records yet
Delaware CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Erie CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fairfield CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Fayette CountyNo qualifying records yet
Franklin County144 · Season shown
Fulton CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Gallia CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Geauga CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Greene County45 · Season shown
Guernsey CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hamilton County121 · Season shown
Hancock CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Hardin CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Harrison CountyNo qualifying records yet
Henry CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Highland CountyNo qualifying records yet
Hocking CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Holmes CountyNo qualifying records yet
Huron CountyNo qualifying records yet
Jackson CountyNo qualifying records yet
Jefferson CountyNo qualifying records yet
Knox CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lake CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lawrence CountyNo qualifying records yet
Licking County25 · Season shown
Logan CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Lorain County22 · Season shown
Lucas County117 · Recorded, season not shown
Madison CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Mahoning CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Marion CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Medina County21 · Season shown
Meigs CountyNo qualifying records yet
Mercer CountyNo qualifying records yet
Miami CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Monroe CountyNo qualifying records yet
Montgomery County25 · Season shown
Morgan CountyNo qualifying records yet
Morrow CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Muskingum CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Noble CountyNo qualifying records yet
Ottawa CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Paulding CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Perry CountyNo qualifying records yet
Pickaway CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Pike CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Portage CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Preble CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Putnam CountyNo qualifying records yet
Richland CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Ross CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Sandusky CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Scioto CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Seneca CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Shelby CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Stark County22 · Season shown
Summit County68 · Season shown
Trumbull CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Tuscarawas CountyNo qualifying records yet
Union CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Van Wert CountyNo qualifying records yet
Vinton CountyNo qualifying records yet
Warren CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Washington CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wayne CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Williams CountyRecorded, too few records for a result
Wood County75 · Recorded, season not shown
Wyandot CountyRecorded, too few records for a result

No mapped range from the range source used, the USGS Gap Analysis Project, which maps land vertebrates only.

Season

When it is recorded

In Stark County

Late June to mid-August, middle week Jul 19–25

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Recording in Stark County · records of all species each week, 33,891 in all

Records per week from 22 records in 7 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not how common it is. The grey bars show how many records of all species were made here each week, so you can see when recording itself was high or low; the season is not adjusted by them.

Recorded on 21 dates. Latest record: August 2025.

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Records of grey-headed coneflower in Stark County each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of grey-headed coneflowerYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–1000143
Jan 11–1700119
Jan 18–2400147
Jan 25–3100143
Feb 1–700117
Feb 8–1400168
Feb 15–2100164
Feb 22–2800247
Mar 1–700246
Mar 8–1400250
Mar 15–2100316
Mar 22–2800302
Mar 29 – Apr 400254
Apr 5–1100386
Apr 12–1800628
Apr 19–2500720
Apr 26 – May 2001,636
May 3–9001,048
May 10–1600697
May 17–2300768
May 24–30001,208
May 31 – Jun 600850
Jun 7–1300906
Jun 14–2000903
Jun 21–27111,262
Jun 28 – Jul 4221,285
Jul 5–11321,477
Jul 12–18311,492
Jul 19–25431,222
Jul 26 – Aug 1321,310
Aug 2–8111,099
Aug 9–15331,148
Aug 16–22111,200
Aug 23–29111,155
Aug 30 – Sep 5001,026
Sep 6–12001,177
Sep 13–19001,868
Sep 20–2600782
Sep 27 – Oct 300687
Oct 4–1000770
Oct 11–1700548
Oct 18–2400336
Oct 25–3100382
Nov 1–700289
Nov 8–1400168
Nov 15–2100147
Nov 22–2800116
Nov 29 – Dec 50084
Dec 6–1200108
Dec 13–1900113
Dec 20–2600123
Dec 27 – Jan 200151

Reported in flower

Only 5 records here show flowers, too few to show a flowering season. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

Reported in fruit

No records here show fruit yet, so there is no fruiting season to show. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

In Ohio

Late June to early October, middle week Jul 26 – Aug 1

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Recording in Ohio · records of all species each week, 1,691,199 in all

Records per week from 1,392 records in 10 of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025. Shows when people recorded it, not how common it is. The grey bars show how many records of all species were made here each week, so you can see when recording itself was high or low; the season is not adjusted by them.

Recorded on 570 dates. Latest record: November 2025.

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Records of grey-headed coneflower in Ohio each week, and records of all species
WeekRecords of grey-headed coneflowerYears recordedRecords of all species
Jan 4–10116,211
Jan 11–17005,146
Jan 18–24004,645
Jan 25–31004,698
Feb 1–7226,023
Feb 8–14005,888
Feb 15–21115,436
Feb 22–28006,846
Mar 1–7008,321
Mar 8–140010,384
Mar 15–210012,620
Mar 22–280013,949
Mar 29 – Apr 40019,661
Apr 5–112126,860
Apr 12–180039,925
Apr 19–250041,623
Apr 26 – May 20056,391
May 3–92252,952
May 10–160053,785
May 17–234357,698
May 24–304454,651
May 31 – Jun 64453,099
Jun 7–132253,700
Jun 14–2010756,625
Jun 21–2717555,361
Jun 28 – Jul 466958,477
Jul 5–111831061,336
Jul 12–18159964,722
Jul 19–252401069,753
Jul 26 – Aug 1143959,416
Aug 2–81501059,712
Aug 9–151051055,994
Aug 16–2251954,328
Aug 23–2925851,772
Aug 30 – Sep 524757,167
Sep 6–1223859,075
Sep 13–1922654,543
Sep 20–2635745,860
Sep 27 – Oct 342843,180
Oct 4–1030737,841
Oct 11–1721330,824
Oct 18–248521,156
Oct 25–319419,021
Nov 1–71114,172
Nov 8–142212,621
Nov 15–21227,965
Nov 22–28008,136
Nov 29 – Dec 5116,083
Dec 6–12116,004
Dec 13–19005,423
Dec 20–26005,661
Dec 27 – Jan 2008,459

Reported in flower

No flowering season shown here. Most records come from a single year, so a season is not shown yet.

Reported in fruit

Only 8 records here show fruit, too few to show a fruiting season. One needs at least 20 records from 5 different years.

What these results show

These results show when people recorded a species, not when or where it occurs. Missing weeks and low counts do not mean absence or scarcity, and counts are not abundance. Contributed records reflect where, when and what people chose to observe.

Identification

How to identify it

Telling it apart

From what Ohio’s records show. Only what the records support is shown.

Often confused with

  • black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirtaOften confused in Ohio: 23 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • cutleaf coneflower Rudbeckia laciniataOften confused in Ohio: 21 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • upright prairie coneflower Ratibida columniferaOften confused in Ohio: 15 identifications in Ohio named one where the other was meant
  • sweet black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia subtomentosa50 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant
  • Tall Coreopsis Anacis tripteris23 identifications worldwide named one where the other was meant

From iNaturalist’s similar-species counts, refreshed monthly: confusions in Ohio first, then worldwide. Only species with an Ohio result are listed.

Months not reported

  1. Jan: recorded
  2. Feb: recorded
  3. Mar: no record
  4. Apr: recorded
  5. May: recorded
  6. Jun: recorded
  7. Jul: recorded
  8. Aug: recorded
  9. Sep: recorded
  10. Oct: recorded
  11. Nov: recorded
  12. Dec: recorded

Not reported in Ohio in March, 2016 to 2025.

Land cover where it is recorded

Land coverIts recordsAll Ohio records
Developed55%49%
Farmland34%11%
Forest9%31%
Grassland and shrub1%0.9%
Wetland1%5%
Barren0.6%0.6%

From 894 records placed within 100 m, beside all Ohio records placed the same way. People record where they go, so this shows where records come from, not where the species lives. Land cover: USGS Annual NLCD, 2025 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

Where these results come from

  • Records from iNaturalist research-grade observations and expert-identified GBIF datasets, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-NC. Sources
  • Seasons use the published method and its evidence thresholds. Methods
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Records behind the Stark County result

22 records from 1 dataset.

To cite: the GBIF download doi:10.15468/dl.y2jkt8 (opens in a new tab).

A spreadsheet (CSV) with a link to each record, on iNaturalist or GBIF. Records whose location was hidden by the observer or the source are counted but not linked.