Echinacea purpurea

(Linnaeus) Moench

Methodus, 591. 1794.

Common names: Eastern purple coneflower
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Rudbeckia purpurea Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 907. 1753
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 91. Mentioned on page 88, 92.

Plants 50–120 cm (roots fibrous). Herbage usually hairy (hairs spreading to ascending, to 2 mm), sometimes glabrous. Stems usually brownish green. Basal leaves: petioles 0–17(–25) cm; blades 3- or 5-nerved, ovate to narrowly lanceolate, 5–30 × (1–)5–12 cm, bases usually rounded to cordate, margins usually serrate to dentate, rarely entire. Peduncles 8–25 cm. Phyllaries linear to lanceolate, 8–17 × 1–8 mm. Receptacles: paleae 9–15 mm, tips red-orange, straight or slightly curved, sharp-pointed. Ray corollas pink to purple, laminae spreading to recurved, 30–80 × 7–19 mm, sparsely hairy abaxially. Discs conic, 14–45 × 20–40 mm. Disc corollas 4.5–5.7 mm, lobes greenish to pink or purple. Cypselae off-white, 3.5–5 mm, usually glabrous (ray cypselae sometimes hairy on angles); pappi ca. 1.2 mm (teeth equal). 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Rocky, open woods, thickets, prairies, especially near waterways
Elevation: 10–400+ m

Distribution

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Ont., Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Tenn., Tex., Wis.

Discussion

Echinacea purpurea is introduced in Ontario. It and cultivars derived from it are extensively grown ornamentals in gardens, wildflower roadside plantings, and prairie restoration sites. Because of its popularity as an herbal remedy, it is also grown commercially. As a result of such activities, naturalized and persisting populations may extend the natural range of E. purpurea. Selections used for such plantings may differ from native forms.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Echinacea purpurea"
Lowell E. Urbatsch +, Kurt M. Neubig +  and Patricia B. Cox +
(Linnaeus) Moench +
Rudbeckia purpurea +
Eastern purple coneflower +
Ont. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, Ky. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Okla. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +  and Wis. +
10–400+ m +
Rocky, open woods, thickets, prairies, especially near waterways +
Flowering late spring–summer. +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Enceliinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Engelmanniinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Spilanthinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Verbesininae +  and Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Zinniinae +
Echinacea purpurea +
Echinacea +
species +