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coneflowers
Echinacea
Echinacea /ˌɛkɪˈneɪsiə, ˌɛkɪˈneɪʃiə/ is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the daisy family. It has ten species, which are commonly called coneflowers. They are native only in eastern and central North America, where they grow in wet to dry prairies and open wooded areas. They have large, showy heads of composite flowers, blooming in summer. The generic name is derived from the Greek word ἐχῖνος (ekhinos), meaning "hedgehog", due to the spiny central disk....
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
purple coneflower
speciesEchinacea purpurea
pale purple coneflower
speciesEchinacea pallida
narrow-leaved purple coneflower
speciesEchinacea angustifolia
Tennessee purple coneflower
speciesEchinacea tennesseensis
sanguine purple coneflower
speciesEchinacea sanguinea
wavyleaf purple coneflower
speciesEchinacea simulata
yellow coneflower
speciesEchinacea paradoxa
Topeka purple coneflower
speciesEchinacea atrorubens
smooth purple coneflower
speciesEchinacea laevigata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48628.