Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic revision of Echinacea (Binns, Baum & Arnason, 2002)
Echinacea atrorubens var. paradoxa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Echinacea paradoxa
COMMON NAME:
Yellow Coneflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ecpa2_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
A taxonomic revision of Echinacea (Binns, Baum & Arnason, 2002)
Echinacea atrorubens var. paradoxa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Vascular Flora of the Southeastern States (Cronquist 1980, Isely 1990)
Echinacea paradoxa
501
Forb
Perennial
Native: south central US
Documented growing wild in - - -
Habitat: limestone and dolomite glades, prairies, and savannas, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers neuter
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene
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