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Echinacea purpurea

 
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Echinacea purpurea - purple coneflower, eastern purple coneflower, black samson, hedgehog coneflower, purple daisy
Image: Gilmore, Tegan - NBGW
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Common name: purple coneflower, eastern purple coneflower, black samson, hedgehog coneflower, purple daisy
Family: Asteraceae
Distribution: U.S.A.
Hardiness: (H5) Hardy-cold winter. -15 to -10°C (USDA 7b/8a)
Life form: Herbaceous perennial • Perlysiau lluosflwydd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Echinacea (ek-in-AY-shee-a): Greek echinos (sea urchin or hedgehog), referring to the plant's cone.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: purpurea (pur-PUR-ee-uh): Purple.
Description: An upright perennial with coarsely hairy, ovate or lance-shaped leaves and solitary flower-heads to 12 centimetres across with slightly reflexed, light purple rays and brown central disk.
Links: Royal Horticultural Society

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