![]() ![]() Attributes: Genus: Echinacea Species: angustifolia Family: Asteraceae Uses (Ethnobotany): Used by Native American traditional medicine.Tags: #showy flowers #heat tolerant #drought tolerant #wildlife plant #pink flowers #nectar plant #coneflower #mass planting #showy fruits #specialized bees #food source wildlife #daisy-like #vibrant #border planting #cutting garden #pollinator plant #flowers mid-summer #poor soils tolerant #larval host plant #food source fall #flowers early summer #humidity tolerant #butterfly friendly #bee friendly #meadows #wavy-lined emerald butterfly See this plant in the following landscapes: Flower Bonanza Garden Collector’s Garden Cultivars / Varieties: Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Leaf miners, powdery mildew, bacterial spots, and gray mold. This plant is a great addition to a pollinator, native, or meadow garden and will attract a variety of wildlife including birds, butterflies and bees. Deadheading prolongs flowering and cutting back stems will promote more flowering. It is tolerant of drought, heat, humidity, and poor soils. It has a clumping habit, so divide clumps in spring every 3-4 years. ![]() Grows well in deep, well-drained soil in full sun. It has daisy-like blossoms on a single tall stalk in early summer. It bears copper-orange central cones surrounded by short, arching, ray petals in pink or purple-pink, and occasionally white." Echinacea" is derived from the Greek word echinos which means sea-urchin or hedgehog, referring to the pointy cone found in the center of flowers in this genus. Narrow Leaf Coneflower is a native meadow perennial found growing in dry prairies and barrens with rocky to sandy-clay soils in central Canada and the USA in the aster family. Phonetic Spelling ek-in-AY-see-a an-gus-tee-FOH-lee-uh Description
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