Echinacea

Echinacea purpurea

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	3-10 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun
Water requirement	Dry, Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium
Physical characteristics
Height	1.2
Width (m)	0.5
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Perennial
Growth	Medium
Uses
Edible	true
Edible parts	Leaves
Names
Alternate name	Eastern purple coneflower, hedge coneflower, black sampson, purple coneflower
Taxonomy
Family	Asteraceae or compositae
Origin and spread
Native to	Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin
Introduced into	Austria, Baltic States, Bolivia, Borneo, Costa Rica, Delaware, France, Germany, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Korea, Krym, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maryland, Myanmar, Ontario, Philippines, Poland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela
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Created: 2020-11-13 18:52:20 UTC
Last updated: 2025-05-28 20:30:24 UTC by andrew-haupt

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Echinacea

Echinacea purpurea

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Echinacea

Echinacea purpurea

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