PLANTS Profile for Echinacea purpurea (eastern purple coneflower)

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Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
eastern purple coneflower

Symbol:

ECPU

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		I

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Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

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Synonyms:
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

	BRPU15	Brauneria purpurea (L.) Britton
	ECPUA	Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench var. arkansana Steyerm.
	RUPU9	Rudbeckia purpurea L.

Distribution:
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV), CAN (ON)

Related Taxa:
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 9 species in Echinacea

Classification:
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Echinacea Moench – purple coneflower
Species	Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench – eastern purple coneflower

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Florida:
purple coneflower		Endangered
Michigan:
purple coneflower		Probably Extirpated

Introduced Information:
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

This plant is introduced to the United States from another country or countries. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of U.S. introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 37281.

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Related Web Sites:
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

ATTRA-Echinacea as an Alternative Crop

FL-Floridata

HerbMed

Herbal Information Resources

MI-Department of Natural Resources

MO-Kemper Center For Home Gardening

MO-MissouriPlants.com

NC-North Carolina Arboretum

NC-North Carolina State University Perennial Flowers

NC-North Carolina State University Plant Fact Sheet

NY-Cornell Herbaceous Perennials

National Center For Contemporary And Alternative Medicine (NIH)

TX-Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

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