OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Echinacea purpurea   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinacea purpurea   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

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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image of Echinacea purpurea, Eastern Purple Coneflower

USDA Forest Service / A Guide to Medicinal Plants of Appalachia. 1969    mpa_page_113

        

image of Echinacea purpurea, Eastern Purple Coneflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_ecpu_001_lvd

        

image of Echinacea purpurea, Eastern Purple Coneflower

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.

image of Echinacea purpurea, Eastern Purple Coneflower

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 (Smith, 1998).

image of Echinacea purpurea, Eastern Purple Coneflower

JK Marlow    jkm0407j_03

July    Haywood County    NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

image of Echinacea purpurea, Eastern Purple Coneflower

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_e_purpurea_15

July        

image of Echinacea purpurea, Eastern Purple Coneflower

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 (Carman, 2005).

image of Echinacea purpurea, Eastern Purple Coneflower

JK Marlow    jkm0309c_20

September    Greenville County    SC

In cultivation

Leaves mostly hairy, stalked, broadly lance-shaped, toothed, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Echinacea purpurea, Eastern Purple Coneflower

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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Echinacea purpurea   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinacea purpurea   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
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

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Open woodlands, roadsides, some of the occurrences persistent or spread from cultivation, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Pink
Disc: Purplish-orange
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers neuter

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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