Flower ID: IMG_7316.JPG-07-02-2021 Flower name (scientific): Ratibida columnifera (Nuttall) Wooton & Standley PY: 1915. Pronunciation guide: (phonetic spelling) ruh-TIB-ih-duh kol-um-NEE-fer-uh Flower name (common): Prairie Coneflower Family name (common): Aster Family name (scientific): Asteraceae Scientific name origin: Genus: A possible corruption of Rathibida; a name used by Dioscorides, and the Dacian name employed for Aster Atticus. Alternatively, a name used by C.S. Rafinesque in the early 1800s. Specific epithet: Latin for column-bearing, referring to the growth habit of the plant. Common name origin: For the common habitat. Coneflower is the vernacular name for species in several different genera having flowers with a central cone of disc florets. Flower description: Size: 0.4 to 2.0 inches (1.0 to 5.1 cm) Petal count: 12 Color: yellow or red or a combination of yellow and red. Other: flower arrangement, Solitary Plant description: Size: 12 to 36 inches (30 to 91 cm) Stem hairy: Other: Leaf description: attachment is alternate, type is simple and lobed Size: Color: Hairy: Other: Shape: leaf, pinnatifid or 2-pinnatifid, lobes narrowly linear-lanceolate to narrowly oblong-ovate (FNA), lobes are linear-oblong (IL) Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Introduced Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon Bloom time (typical): June to August Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial Habitat: Prairies,fields, pastures, disturbed areas, roadsides, sun, dry. Fruit: Seed: Importance to wildlife: Similar species (if any): No close lookalikes. Ethnobotany: No recorded uses by tribes from Wisconsin. Several tribes including the Cheyenne, Dakota, Keres, Lakota, Navajo, and Zuni used the plant to treat a number of ailments including ivy rash, snakebite, chest pains, wounds, headaches, stomachaches, fever, and others (Moerman, p. 469, 1998). Latitude: Longitude: Altitude: Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Ashland, Bayfield, Buffalo, Columbia, Dane, Douglas, Grant, Iowa, Jackson, Lincoln, Milwaukee, Oconto, Portage, Richland, Rock, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washburn, Waukesha, Winnebago) Click here for distribution map In US: (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, WI, WV, WY) Click here for distribution map In Canada: (AB, BC, MB, ON, SK) Click here for distribution map References: Synonym(s): Basionym: Rudbeckia columnifera Nuttall Cat. Pl. Upper Louisiana no. 75 1813. Homotypic Synonym(s): Heterotypic Synonym(s): Autonym: na Wetland Status (NC): Not listed Wetland Status (MW): Not listed