PLANTS Profile for Echinacea angustifolia (blacksamson echinacea)

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PLANTS Profile

Echinacea angustifolia DC.
blacksamson echinacea

Symbol:

ECAN2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Echinacea angustifolia DC.

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Distribution:
Echinacea angustifolia DC.


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USA (CO, DC, IA, KS, LA, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WY), CAN (MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Echinacea angustifolia DC.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 9 species in Echinacea or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Echinacea angustifolia var. angustifolia
blacksamson echinacea

Echinacea angustifolia var. strigosa
strigose blacksamson

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Echinacea angustifolia DC.

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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 angustifolia DC. – blacksamson echinacea

More Accounts and Images:
Echinacea angustifolia DC.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 37276.

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 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

Related Web Sites:
Echinacea angustifolia DC.

ATTRA-Echinacea as an Alternative Crop

Herbal Information Resources

MT & ND-Planting Guide (Forbs/Legumes)

Time Generated: 01/15/2009 06:39 PM MST