Putnam Park Wildflowers


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)
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Leaf description: attachment is alternate and/or opposite, type is simple
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     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.
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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).
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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
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Basionym: Rudbeckia purpurea Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 907 (1753).
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Autonym: na
Wetland Status (NC): Not listed
Wetland Status (MW): Not listed