Flower ID: IMG_2679.JPG-07-10-2024 Flower name (scientific): Echinacea pallida (Nuttall) Nuttall PY: 1840. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) ek-in-AY-shee-ah PAL-lid-duh Flower name (common): Pale Purple Coneflower Family name (common): Aster Family name (scientific): Asteraceae Scientific name origin: Genus: From the Greek for spiny, referring to the chaff of the disc. Specific epithet: Latin for pale, refers to the color of the ray florets. Common name origin: Flower description: Size: 1.5 to 3 inches (2.5 to 5 cm) Petal count: 12 to 20 ray florets Color: purple or pink or sometimes almost white Other: flower arrangement, Solitary Plant description: Size: 24 to 55 inches (61 to 140 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is basal and alternate, type is simple Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, basal leaves elliptic to lanceolate (FNA), stem leaves linear to narrowly elliptic or narrowly lanceolate (MO) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Common Bloom time (typical): June to August Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Ethnobotany: Latitude: Longitude: Altitude: Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Dane, Eau Claire, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lincoln, Polk, Racine, Rock, St. Croix, Wood) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, CT, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, NC, NE, NY, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (ON) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: Rudbeckia pallida Nuttall, J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 77 (1834). Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): Not listed Wetland Status (MW): Not listed