Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa
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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa
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
Habitat: limestone and dolomite glades, prairies, and savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Native: central US
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: Yellow
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers neuter
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Achene
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