Echinacea paradoxa
Yellow Coneflower
Bright yellow flowers with long drooping petals, brown center disk. Green foliage.
Growing & Maintenance Tips
Very dry to medium soils, in full sun. Naturalizing areas, glades, rocky prairies.
Interesting Information
Echinacea, Greek, "hedgehog", a spiny mammal, referring to the bracts of the inflorescens; paradoxa, Greek, "unusual", possibly referring to this being the only yellow-flowered Echinacea. Threatened by harvest for the medicinal herb market. Attracts butterflies.
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Silphium laciniatum(Compass Plant ) |
Solidago speciosa(Showy Goldenrod ) |
Verbena stricta(Hoary Vervain ) |
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