| Description | Very similar to Purple Coneflower (E. purpurea) except the flower petals are thinner and reflex more. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Wild Flowers |
| Sunlight | full, will tolerate a little shade |
| Moisture | average to dry |
| Soil & Site | medium to dry |
| Flowers | purple to rosy purple, in June. Fruiting from August on. Plants stay upright and dry slowly and the fruit persists into the winter. |
| Fruit | achenes in the dried center disk |
| Leaves | coarse, most at base of plant, some on stem but smaller |
| Stems | stout stem, greyish or reddish green, has coarse white hairs |
| Roots | fiborous |
| Dimensions | 3'-5' tall |
| Propagation | moist stratification will improve germination, division. |
| Native Site | Once common from eastern Montana to Iowa, eastern Kansas, Arkansaw, Illinois and Kentucky, south to Texa |
| Misc Facts | This beautiful prairie flower attracts birds and butterflies. |
| Notes & Reference | #09-The Prairie Garden (J. Robert Smith with Beatrice Smith), Prairie Nursery Catalog www.prairienursery.com) |
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