Echinacea purpurea Purple Coneflower
Ohio Native Plant Natural Range
To view the natural range of Echinacea purpurea visit the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service website.
Native Plant of the Year 2017 - LEAP (Lake Erie Allegheny Partnership for Biodiversity)
United Plant Savers Medicinal Plant Conservation - Species at Risk
Cultivation Information Echinacea purpurea
Pronounced - eck-in-AY-see-ah
Sun - Full sun, part sunHeight - 2 - 3 ftFlower Color - PurpleBlooms - July - SeptemberHardy Zone - 4 to 9Soil - Well drained
Family - Asteraceae
Sun - Full sun, part sunHeight - 2 - 3 ftFlower Color - PurpleBlooms - July - SeptemberHardy Zone - 4 to 9Soil - Well drained
Family - Asteraceae
Wildlife Significance Purple Coneflower
Nectar Source - For wasps, butterflies: Swallowtail, Viceroy, Monarchs, sulfurs, grass skippers, fritillaries numerous bees including bumblebees, sweat bee and sunflower leafcutter bees, flies, and beetles
Pollen Source - Bees, flies and beetles
Host plant - For the Pearl Crescent butterfly, various checkerspots as well as 12 other butterflies.
Oligolectic Bees - are bees that are very particular as to what plant family they gather their nectar and pollen. Purple Coneflower is such a plant for the Andrena helianthiformis. Andrea - Mining Bees
For detailed information, visit the Illinois Wildflower site
Pollen Source - Bees, flies and beetles
Host plant - For the Pearl Crescent butterfly, various checkerspots as well as 12 other butterflies.
Oligolectic Bees - are bees that are very particular as to what plant family they gather their nectar and pollen. Purple Coneflower is such a plant for the Andrena helianthiformis. Andrea - Mining Bees
For detailed information, visit the Illinois Wildflower site
Propagation Notes Purple Coneflower
Seed Stratification
Resources indicate - that cold moist storage is not necessary. I have had better luck stratifying seeds either in the refrigerator for a few months or sowing seed in the fall
Seed Provenance Echinacea purpurea
Nodding Onion Gardens - 2012 - present - Prairie Moon Nursery, Winona, MN - 2011