| Description | This section contains some pictures of white coneflower cultivars. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (eh-kin-AA-cee-ah)(pur-pur-EE-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Sunlight | best in full, mostly sunny, light shade |
| Moisture | average, tolerates drier conditions once established |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | white, off white |
| Fruit | achenes in the dried center disk |
| Leaves | green, coarse, most at base of plant, some on stem but smaller |
| Stems | stout stem, has coarse white hairs |
| Dimensions | depends on the cultivar |
| Maintenance | may reseed in the garden, cut back stout stem in fall or leave for winter interest |
| Propagation | seeds, division |
| Misc Facts | Echinacea from the Greek term for hedgehog, referring to the spiky appearance of the flower head. |
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