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Echinacea purpurea "Purple coneflower" redirects here.

This common name is sometimes used for other purple flowered plants in the genus Echinacea. Echinacea purpurea  photo taken at Munich Botanical Garden in Germany Scientific classification Kingdom:Plantae (unranked):Angiosperms (unranked):Eudicots (unranked):Asterids Order:Asterales Family:Asteraceae Tribe:Heliantheae Genus:Echinacea Species:E. purpurea Binomial name Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench Synonyms[1] Brauneria purpurea (L.) Britton Echinacea intermedia Lindl. ex Paxton Echinacea speciosa (Wender.) Paxton Helichroa purpurea (L.) Raf. Rudbeckia purpurea L. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Echinacea purpurea. Echinacea purpurea (eastern purple coneflower[2] or purple coneflower) is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family.[3][4] It is native to eastern North America[3] and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern, southeastern and midwestern United States as well as in the Canadian Province of Ontario. It is most common in the Ozarks and in the Mississippi/Ohio Valley.[5][6] Description CultivationEdit Echinacea purpurea is also grown as an ornamental plant, and numerous cultivars have been developed for flower quality and plant form.[4] Unable to grow in the shade, it thrives in either dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought once established. The cultivar 'Ruby Giant'[7] following has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Propagation Predators Chemistry Traditional herbal medicine Gallery References Further reading External links Read in another language

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