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Echinacea purpurea (L. ) Moench

Eastern purple coneflower; Brauneria purpurea L Britton; Rudbeckia purpurea L

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Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
eastern purple coneflower

       
Symbol:   ECPU  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Asteraceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Forb/herb  
Native Status:  
L48    N
CAN    I



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Synonyms:
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

  BRPU15 Brauneria purpurea (L.) Britton
  ECPUA Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench var. arkansana Steyerm.
  RUPU9 Rudbeckia purpurea L.
 

Distribution:
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

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USA ( AL , AR , CO , CT , FL , GA , IA, IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MD, MI , MO , MS , NC , NJ, NY , OH , OK, PA , SC, TN , TX , VA , WI , WV), CAN (ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

View 477 genera in Asteraceae , 9 species in Echinacea
 

Classification:
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Asteridae
Order Asterales
Family Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus Echinacea Moench – purple coneflower
Species Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench – eastern purple coneflower
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida :
purple coneflower              Endangered
Michigan :
purple coneflower              Probably Extirpated
 

Introduced Information:
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

View species account , photographs , and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 37281.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 

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NC-North Carolina State University Plant Fact Sheet

NY-Cornell Herbaceous Perennials

National Center For Contemporary And Alternative Medicine (NIH)

OH-Ohio State University Horticulture

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TX-Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

TX-Texas A&M Horticulture

 
 
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Echinacea purpurea
Echinacea purpurea
ID: 0000 0000 0506 1828 [detail]
© 2006 Louis-M. Landry

Echinacea purpurea
Echinacea purpurea
ID: 0000 0000 0506 1829 [detail]
© 2006 Louis-M. Landry

Echinacea purpurea
Echinacea purpurea
ID: 0000 0000 0806 0494 [detail]
© 2006 Ana Cojocariu

Echinacea purpurea
Echinacea purpurea
ID: 0000 0000 0806 0495 [detail]
© 2006 Ana Cojocariu

Echinacea purpurea
Echinacea purpurea
Purple Coneflower
ID: 0000 0000 0806 0496 [detail]
© 2006 Ana Cojocariu

Echinacea purpurea
Echinacea purpurea
ID: 0000 0000 0408 1701 [detail]
© 2008 Louis-M. Landry

Echinacea purpurea
Echinacea purpurea
Purple Coneflower
ID: 0000 0000 0110 0070 [detail]
© 2010 Dean Kelch

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