Flower ID: IMG_1252.JPG-10-02-2018 Flower name (scientific): Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench PY: 1794. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) ek-in-AY-shee-ah pur-PUR-ee-ah Flower name (common): Eastern 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: For the color purple. Common name origin: From the geographic location, the flower color, and its resemblance to the typical coneflowers. Flower description: Size: 2.5 to 4.0 inches (6.3 to 10.2 cm) Petal count: 15, typically 10 to 20 ray florets, disc florets numerous. Color: purple Other: flower arrangement, Solitary Plant description: Size: 24 to 60 inches (61 to 152 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate and/or opposite, type is simple Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, ovate to lanceolate (IL). Shape: leaf, ovate to lanceolate (IL) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon Bloom time (typical): June to October Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Prairies, fields, savannas, thickets, open woods, sun or semi-shade, dry to moist to mesic. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): Echinacea angustifolia (Narrow-leaved Purple Coneflower) resembles Echinacea purpurea. E. angustifolia has narrow ray florets 15 to 40 × 5 to 8 mm, whereas E. purpurea has ray florets 30 to 80 × 7 to 19 mm. Echinacea pallida (Pale Purple Coneflower) and Echinacea simulata (Glade Coneflower) also have a resemblance to E. angustifolia. Echinacea pallida also has fairly narrow ray florets, 40 to 90 × 3 to 4 mm. E. simulata is not reported from Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin, but has been observed in Illinois and five more southern states. Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes from Wisconsin. The Choctaw used the plant to treat coughs. The Delaware employed this species as a remedy for venereal disease (Moerman, p. 206, 1998). Latitude: Longitude: Altitude: Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Brown, Columbia, Dane, Eau Claire, Grant, Green, Iowa, Iron, Kenosha, Marathon, Milwaukee, Portage, Richland, Rock, Taylor, Waukesha) Click here for distribution map In US: (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) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (ON) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: Rudbeckia purpurea Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 907 (1753). Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): Not listed Wetland Status (MW): Not listed