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Photo by Sciencemre
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Field Notes

Description:

Single flower growing about 1 ft high. Bright red edges with pinkish white petals and a green/yellow center.

Habitat:

Rocky hill country among native prairie grass.

Notes:

Could it be a young Black-sampson echinacea? (Echinacea angustifolia)
Or perhaps a PALE PURPLE CONEFLOWER (Echinacea pallida)

Reference Links:

Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses - Black-sampson echinacea

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
JPhillips
It's an echinacea of some sort, hard to say what species though.
Jellis
Believe it is from the Gaillardia family, which one I'm not sure

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PublishedJune 7, 2012

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