Echinacea simulata
Echinacea angustifolia
pale purple coneflower, wavy-leaf purple coneflower
blacksamson, blacksamson echinacea, narrow-leaf purple coneflower, purple coneflower
sparsely to densely hairy (hairs spreading).
moderately to densely hairy (induments relatively harsh, hairs spreading, ca. 1–2 mm).
mostly green to purplish.
mostly green to purplish.
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).
petioles 2–12 cm;
blades (1-), 3-, or (5-)nerved, elliptic to lanceolate, 7–30 × 0.5–2.5(–4) cm, bases cuneate to attenuate, margins entire (usually ciliate).
20–40+ cm.
10–30 cm.
paleae 10–14 mm, tips pinkish to purple, incurved, sharp-pointed.
paleae 9–14 mm, tips purple, straight, sharp-pointed.
rose to pink or white, laminae drooping to reflexed, 40–90 × 4–7 mm, glabrous or sparsely hairy abaxially.
pink to purplish, laminae reflexed, 15–40 × 5–8 mm, sparsely hairy abaxially.
5–6.5 mm, lobes pink to purplish.
5–7+ mm, lobes usually purple.
lanceolate to ovate, 7–15 × 1.5–3.5 mm.
lanceolate to ovate, 6–12 × 1–2.5 mm.
tan, 3–4.5 mm, faces smooth, usually glabrous, sometimes (rays) hairy;
pappi to ca. 1 mm (usually without major teeth).
often bicolored, tan proximally, dark brown banded distally, 4–5 mm, faces ± smooth, usually glabrous;
pappi to ca. 1 mm (major teeth 0–4).
conic to hemispheric, 20–30 × 20–30 mm.
conic to hemispheric, 15–30 × 20–35 mm.
= 22.
= 22, 44.
Echinacea simulata
Echinacea angustifolia
Echinacea simulata has been reported as introduced in Illinois (http://www.natureserve.org).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
R. L. McGregor (1967, 1968) recognized Echinacea angustifolia var. strigosa as a complex of diploid and tetraploid populations ranging geographically from southeastern Kansas and central Oklahoma to north-central Texas. He noted that var. strigosa is distinguishable by its shorter stature, stems frequently branched, somewhat flexuous, distally strigose to strigose-hirsute that retain, in part, a green color upon drying. A hybrid origin for var. strigosa was suggested based on the morphologic intermediacy of natural populations compared to synthesized hybrids between typical E. angustifolia and E. atrorubens (McGregor 1968). Populations along the southern boundary of the range of var. strigosa are tetraploid. In their morphometric analyses, S. E. Binns et al. (2002) did not recognize var. strigosa; they found it indistinguishable from typical E. angustifolia.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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