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Perennial

Native: south central US

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal

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

FRUIT:
Achene

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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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

PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinacea paradoxa FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
Yellow Coneflower

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image of Echinacea paradoxa, Yellow Coneflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ecpa2_001_lvd

"We gardeners should be careful not to come between native birds and their partners, native plants. We've planted a number of nonnative species that are invading and degrading the wild habitats upon which birds depend. For example, Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) has aggressively formed monocultures across the US, and although birds readily consume its fruits, it is replacing once-diverse native food sources, including dogwoods and viburnums, limiting the nutritious variety of foods that were historically available throughout the year." — Janet Marinelli, The Wildlife Gardener's Guide