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purple cone flower
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
40.7425, -84.1052
Field Notes
Description:
A popular perennial with smooth, 2-5 ft. stems and long-lasting, lavender flowers. Rough, scattered leaves that become small toward the top of the stem. Flowers occur singly atop the stems and have domed, purplish-brown, spiny centers and drooping, lavender rays. An attractive perennial with purple (rarely white), drooping rays surrounding a spiny, brownish central disk.
Habitat:
Herb
Notes:
Plant Characteristics
Duration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Root Type: Fibrous
Leaf Shape: Lanceolate , Ovate
Leaf Margin: Serrate , Dentate
Leaf Base: Cordate , Rounded
Size Notes: 2-5 feet
Leaf Color: Green
Size Class: 1-3 ft.
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