Echinacea simulata |
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pale purple coneflower, wavy-leaf purple coneflower |
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Habit | Plants to 100 cm (roots fusiform, branched). |
Herbage | sparsely to densely hairy (hairs spreading). |
Stems | mostly green to purplish. |
Basal leaves | petioles 4–20 cm; blades (1-), 3-, or 5-nerved, linear to lanceolate, 5–40 × 0.5–4 cm, bases attenuate, margins entire (usually ciliate). |
Peduncles | 20–40+ cm. |
Receptacles | paleae 10–14 mm, tips pinkish to purple, incurved, sharp-pointed. |
Ray corollas | rose to pink or white, laminae drooping to reflexed, 40–90 × 4–7 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy abaxially. |
Disc corollas | 5–6.5 mm, lobes pink to purplish. |
Phyllaries | lanceolate to ovate, 7–15 × 1.5–3.5 mm. |
Cypselae | tan, 3–4.5 mm, faces smooth, usually glabrous, sometimes (rays) hairy; pappi to ca. 1 mm (usually without major teeth). |
Discs | conic to hemispheric, 20–30 × 20–30 mm. |
2n | = 22. |
Echinacea simulata |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring–summer. |
Habitat | Rocky, open, wooded hillsides, prairies |
Elevation | 100–400 m (300–1300 ft) |
Distribution |
AR; GA; IL; KY; MO; TN
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Discussion | Echinacea simulata has been reported as introduced in Illinois (http://www.natureserve.org). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 92. |
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Echinacea |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | E. speciosa, E. pallida var. simulata |
Name authority | McGregor: Sida 3: 282. (1968) |
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