500

Forb
Perennial

Native to Georgia (possibly introduced in NC)
Documented growing wild in GA NC -

Waif(s)

Look for it in dry prairies, open dry woodlands, roadsides (introduced eastwards in our area), per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist ...Variable ...Dry

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer
Rays: Pink/ Purplish
Disc: Purplish (fresh pollen white)
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers neuter
Inferior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Achene

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• All About South Carolina Wildflowers p146
• Gardening with Native Plants of the South p150
• Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p124
• Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p122
• Wildflowers of Tennessee p289
• Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p338
• Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p206

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Echinacea pallida   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinacea pallida   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 179-62-003:
Echinacea pallida   FAMILY Asteraceae