Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower
General
A perennial wildflower often grown as an ornamental plant. Will attract bees, butterflies, and goldfinch.
Plant Description
Growing to 2-3' tall. Purple compound flowers will bloom June-September. Leaves can be opposite or alternate, but are usually alternate. Usually a singular-stemmed plant.
Height (ft)
2-3'
Soil moisture
Dry to Medium
Soil types
Fertile loam
Shade tolerance
Intermediate, Full Sun to Partial Shade, prefers full sun
Bloom color
Purple
Bloom period
June - September
Drought tolerance
Low
Salinity tolerance
Low
Distribution
Sparsely distributed throughout the eastern United States, mostly between the Appalachians and the Great Plains.
Additional information
Brown, Lauren. Grasses: An Identification Guide. Houghton Mifflin Company, New York City, 1979. LINK
Fassett, Norman C. A Manual of Aquatic Plants, First Edition. McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., New York and London, 1940. LINK
Garbisch, Edgar W., and McIninch, Suzanne M. Propagation of Wetland Plants: Herbaceous Plants, Shrubs and Trees. Environmental Concern, Inc. 2003. LINK
Harris, James G., and Harris, Melinda Woolf. Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary, Second Edition. Spring Lake Publishing, Spring Lake, Utah. 2011. LINK
Hitchcock, A.S., and Chase, Agnes. Manual of the Grasses of the United States, Second Edition, Volume I. Dover Publications, Inc., New York, 1971. LINK
Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press) LINK
McKenny, Margaret and Peterson, Roger Tory. A Field Guide to Wildflowers of Northeastern and North-central North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1968. LINK
Newcomb, Lawrence. Newcomb's Wildflower Guide. Laurence Newcomb, Mexico. 1977. LINK
USDA, NRCS. 2021. PLANTS Database (https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/, 08/20/2021). National Plant Data Team, Greensboro, NC 27401-4901 USA. LINK
https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ecpu
https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=c580
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinacea_purpurea
https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/echinacea-purpurea/
https://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/pur_coneflowerx.htm
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/eastern-purple-coneflower
