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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ratibida pinnata   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ratibida pinnata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Ratibida pinnata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Ratibida pinnata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Ratibida pinnata

 

COMMON NAME:
Grey-headed Coneflower, Globular Prairie Coneflower, Drooping Coneflower


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image of Ratibida pinnata, Grey-headed Coneflower, Globular Prairie Coneflower, Drooping Coneflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_rapi_001_lvd

        

image of Ratibida pinnata, Grey-headed Coneflower, Globular Prairie Coneflower, Drooping Coneflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_r_pinnata_grey_21

June        

Large flowers with drooping yellow rays around elongated grayish cones, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).

image of Ratibida pinnata, Grey-headed Coneflower, Globular Prairie Coneflower, Drooping Coneflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_r_pinnata_jeff_3

June    Floyd County    GA

Plants 3-5' tall, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).

image of Ratibida pinnata, Grey-headed Coneflower, Globular Prairie Coneflower, Drooping Coneflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_ratibida_pinnata_c

June        

Cones turn brown as the flowers age, per Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Ratibida pinnata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Ratibida pinnata   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Ratibida pinnata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Ratibida pinnata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ratibida pinnata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2805

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Prairie-like glades and oak savannas over gabbro (usually in Iredell soils) or calcareous rocks, cedar glades, calcareous (black belt or chalk) prairies, disturbed areas (often planted in 'wildflower mixes' and naturalized from cultivation), per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare in GA & SC (waifs in NC)

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LEAVES:
Simple: pinnatifid to pinnately divided into 3-7 segments
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Grayish
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers neuter

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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