Echinacea pallida
pale purple coneflower, purple coneflower
sparsely to densely hairy (hairs spreading, ca. 1.5–1.7 mm).
green to purplish (rarely branched).
petioles 5–20+ cm;
blades (1-), 3-, or 5-nerved, elliptic to lanceolate, 12–40 × 1–4 cm, bases cuneate to attenuate, margins entire (usually ciliate).
15–50 cm.
paleae 9–14 mm, tips purple, usually incurved, sharp-pointed.
pink to reddish purple, laminae reflexed, 40–90 × 3–4 mm, sparsely hairy abaxially.
5.5–6.7 mm, lobes usually pink to purple (pollen usually white, rarely lemon yellow).
lanceolate to ovate, 7–15 × 1–3 mm.
tan or bicolored, 2.5–5 mm, faces ± smooth, usually glabrous;
pappi to ca. 1 mm (major teeth 0–4).
conic to hemispheric, 20–40 × 25–37 mm.
= 22.
Echinacea pallida
Echinacea pallida is generally regarded as introduced in Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, and Virginia.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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