Black Eyed Susans

by Valerie Collins

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Black Eyed Susans

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Valerie Collins

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The Rudbeckia hirta also known as the Black-Eyed Susan is a flowering plant. Also a traditional Native American medicinal herb believed to be a remedy for colds, flu, infection, swelling and snake bite. Parts of the plant have nutritional value but not all parts of the plant are edible. The Black-Eyed Susan was made the State Flower of Maryland in 1918.

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October 16th, 2014

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