Rudbeckia laciniata, coaka coneflower, is a species of the aster family (Asteraceae) native to North America. Sketched by Helena Sarle (1867–1956), an American artist, she became a Shaker at fifteen, in 1882, joining the community at Canterbury, New Hampshire. She suffered from poor health and to provide her with some occupation, the Shaker elder asked her to illustrate native plants for the creation of a textbook to be used in the village school. Despite no artistic training, she produced over 180 drawings and later produced two botanical books.

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Rudbeckia laciniata, coaka coneflower, is a species of the aster family (Asteraceae) native to North America sketched by Cora Helena Sarle (1867–1956) an American Shaker artist, known by her second name as Helena Sarle. A native of Massachusetts, she became a Shaker at fifteen, in 1882, joining the community at Canterbury, New Hampshire. She suffered from poor health and to provide her with some occupation, the Shaker elder asked her to illustrate native plants for the creation of a textbook to be used in the village school. Despite no artistic training, she produced over 180 drawings and later produced two botanical journals in 1886 and 1887, in which she depicted the flora of the neighbourhood in watercolor.

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