Echinacea purpurea

ECHINACEA purpurea
Purple Coneflower

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Type:
Perennial

Height: 3-4' (90-120cm)

Flowering Time: Summer, autumn

Flower Colour: Pink, white

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Botanical Classification:

Class:
Angiospermae (Angiosperms)

Subclass: Dicotyledonae (Dicotyledons)

Superorder: Asteridae (Daisy Superorder)

Order: Asterales (Daisy Order)

Family: Asteraceae (Daisy Family)

Genus: Echinacea (Coneflower)

Species: purpurea (purple)

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Echinacea purpurea is a tough fast-growing plant reaching a height of 3 or four feet. The leaves are deep green and coarse, and the flowers are pink with a raised central cone of orange. It has a long flowering season, and the strong stems make it useful for cutting as well as garden display.
Echinacea purpurea is also used in herbal medicine and homeopathy.
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Harvesting and Growing from Seed:

Seed Pod
There is no seed pod. The seeds are on a dense prickly seedhead.

Seed
The seeds are light brown woody cones. There are many seeds on a seedhead.

Seedling
The seedleaves are rounded, and the first true leaves are pointed.

Seed sowing and Germination
Spring: Seeds sown outside in spring germinated in 30 days.

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	Seed Pod There is no seed pod. The seeds are on a dense prickly seedhead.
	Seed The seeds are light brown woody cones. There are many seeds on a seedhead.
	Seedling The seedleaves are rounded, and the first true leaves are pointed.
Seed sowing and Germination Spring: Seeds sown outside in spring germinated in 30 days.