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purple coneflower

Echinacea purpurea

Photo by AnnaWhipkey
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Field Notes

Habitat:

backyard perennial bed

Notes:

Purple coneflower was and still is a widely used medicinal plant of the Plains Indians. The purple coneflower was the only native prairie plant popularized as a medicine by folk practitioners and doctors.
(Kinscher, K. 1992. Medicinal wild plants of the prairie. An ethnobotanical guide. University Press of Kansas. p. 84-94.)

Reference Links:

Echinacea purpurea (Eastern purple coneflower) | NPIN

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I see that you have added this spotting to the Herbs & Spices - Source Plants Mission. Please add information on its use as an herb or spice. Thanks!

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PublishedAugust 24, 2011

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