Echinacea purpurea
Eastern Purple Coneflower
_Kingdom: Plantae
– Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons Subclass: Asteridae Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae – Aster family Genus: Echinacea Moench – purple coneflower Species: Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench – eastern purple coneflower |
Native to US
Purple Coneflower echino (Gr) = "hedgehog" purpurea (L) = "purple" |
_Coneflowers attract butterflies such as:
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Coneflower seeds attract such birds as:
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