{"product_id":"n1u1_black-eyed-susan-botanical-water-bottle-united_states-native","title":"Black-Eyed Susan Botanical Water Bottle | United States Native | N1U1","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFlower Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommon name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black-Eyed Susan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of origin:\u003c\/strong\u003e United States\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e North America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBottle Specifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-grade stainless steel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17 oz (500 ml)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 10.5″ × 2.85″ (27 × 7 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVacuum flask\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDouble-wall construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBowling pin shape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossy finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOdorless and leak-proof cap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeeps liquids hot or cold for 6 hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-wash only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Black-Eyed Susan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCommon name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Black-Eyed Susan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScientific name:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eRudbeckia\u003c\/em\u003e (genus)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNative country\/region:\u003c\/strong\u003e United States, North America\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlant height:\u003c\/strong\u003e A medium-height upright wildflower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlower colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bright golden-yellow ray petals surrounding a prominent dark brown to black central cone\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFlowering season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Summer through early autumn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat It's Known For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelongs to the genus \u003cem\u003eRudbeckia\u003c\/em\u003e, a group of flowering plants in the daisy family (Asteraceae)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNative to North America, where it grows widely across prairies, meadows, and roadsides\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe distinctive dark central cone — the \"black eye\" — gives the flower its evocative common name\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eState flower of Maryland, USA, where it has long been associated with state pride and identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommonly used in wildflower gardens and ecological planting schemes for its hardiness and drought tolerance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe genus name \u003cem\u003eRudbeckia\u003c\/em\u003e honours the Swedish botanists Olof Rudbeck the Elder and his son Olof Rudbeck the Younger, professors at Uppsala University\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCulturally embedded in American landscape identity, frequently appearing in imagery associated with the rural Midwest and the open prairie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe summer heat hits the American prairie before you quite expect it. One week the fields are green and quiet; the next, they erupt — gold pushing up through the grass in every direction, a thousand small suns tilting their faces toward the light. You don't need to know the name of what you're looking at. The colour says enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat flower is the Black-Eyed Susan, and Americans have known it by that name for a very long time. Belonging to the genus \u003cem\u003eRudbeckia\u003c\/em\u003e — named in honour of Olof Rudbeck the Elder and his son, Swedish botanists of the seventeenth century whose work helped map the plant world of their era — the Black-Eyed Susan has spread across the North American continent with quiet persistence. It grows in meadows and along roadsides, at the edges of woodlands and in the cracks of disturbed earth, thriving precisely where other plants struggle. That hardiness is not incidental. It is the whole character of the flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name itself carries a long cultural life beyond the meadow. In 1829, the British playwright Douglas Jerrold premiered a nautical melodrama at the Surrey Theatre in London called \u003cem\u003eBlack-Eyed Susan; or, All in the Downs\u003c\/em\u003e — a play about a sailor's wife, Susan, her loyalty, and a justice hard-won against corrupt authority. It ran for over 150 performances, broke records for its time, transferred to Covent Garden and later to Drury Lane for a total run of over 300 nights, and became one of the most-performed plays of the Victorian era. The name \"Black-Eyed Susan\" entered the cultural vocabulary of the English-speaking world as a symbol of faithfulness under pressure — a woman who endures, who holds on, and whose story comes right in the end. That the flower carries the same name is no accident of botany. It is a convergence of character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is something in carrying this story with you that matters. The Black-Eyed Susan has been a working flower — not a hothouse orchid or a pampered bloom, but something that grows at the roadside and comes back stronger each season. It has lent its name to plays about endurance and justice, to state identities, and to the collective memory of the American summer. It asks nothing, endures much, and keeps showing up gold. Which is why Hibiscus chose this story to travel with you — not as ornament, but as a reminder of what steady, brilliant persistence looks like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat It Stands For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Black-Eyed Susan stands for resilience, faithfulness, and the particular brightness of things that thrive precisely where the conditions are hardest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Perfect Gift\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the person in your life who loves the natural world — who has a soft spot for flowers, feels most at home outdoors, or simply appreciates a beautiful thing that means something real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it for a birthday, a milestone, or any day that deserves a gift she'll actually use. Whether it goes on the trail, to the desk, or on the kitchen bench — it'll be reached for every single day. And every time she does, she carries a story from somewhere real, something that has lasted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot just a bottle. The whole story. She just gets to drink from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e","brand":"Hibiscus Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54067233816919,"sku":"HB-N1U1F02-S14","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1031\/7555\/3367\/files\/bottle_front_V01_01.14_2f25d236-4a72-4b50-b474-488b5d33ece3.png?v=1784474764","url":"https:\/\/hibiscusstudio.co\/products\/n1u1_black-eyed-susan-botanical-water-bottle-united_states-native","provider":"Hibiscus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}