Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Echinacea purpurea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Read more about Eastern Purple Coneflower at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinacea purpurea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Echinacea purpurea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-62-001:
Echinacea purpurea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Echinacea purpurea var. purpurea
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Purple Coneflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ecpu_001_lvd
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Keith Bradley kab_e_purpurea_0943
June Transylvania County NC
In cultivation
Disc florets bisexual and fertile; ray florets neuter, per Flora of North America.
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JK Marlow jkm0407i_36
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Flowers have a dome-shaped disk about 1" across, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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JK Marlow jkm0407j_03
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_e_purpurea_15
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_e_purpurea_2
July
Rays purplish, drooping, to 3" long. Disk flowers orange, disk to 1.25" wide, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm0309c_20
September Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Leaves mostly hairy, stalked, broadly lance-shaped, toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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JK Marlow jkm0309c_21
September Greenville County SC
In cultivation
Stems 5-12dm tall and hirsute. Leaves scabrous, at least above, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Echinacea purpurea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinacea purpurea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Echinacea purpurea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-62-001:
Echinacea purpurea
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Echinacea purpurea var. purpurea
502
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Rare
Habitat: Open woodlands, roadsides, some of the occurrences persistent or spread from cultivation, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Pink
Disc: Purplish-orange
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers neuter
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers p145
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South p150
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee p124
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p382
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p129
- Southern Appalachian Wildflowers p134
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p385
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p122
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p271
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p290
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p339
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p206