Prairie Coneflower (Ratabida pinnata)
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Other common names: Gray-Headed Coneflower, Pinnate Prairie Coneflower
Native
Family:
Asteraceae (Sunflower)
Height: 1.5 to 5 ft.
Blooms: June to
September
Leaf Type:
lobed
Bloom Size: 2 in. (typical)
Flower Description:
Individual flowers,
Regular blooms, 9 parts
Location: Panhandle Trail
Date: 7/26/2015
Notes:
Leaves are so deeply lobed that they at first appear to be divided.
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Prairie Coneflower may be
easily confused with:
- Pale-Leaved Sunflower
Rays of prairie coneflower are extremely reflexed.
- Sneezeweed
Rays of sneezeweed are broader, with a scalloped edge.
- Tall Coneflower
Rays of prairie coneflower are extremely reflexed. Leaves of prairie coneflower are more finely divided.
- Tall Coreopsis
Central disc of the coreopsis is flat and very dark in color.
- Thin-Leaved Sunflower
Rays of prairie coneflower are extremely reflexed.
- Upright Prairie Coneflower
These two are distinguished by the height of their central disk, which is over an inch high in the upright version.
- Whorled Rosinweed
Rays of prairie coneflower are extremely reflexed.
- Wingstem
The center disk of prairie is greenish or brown. The center of wingstem is yellow and conspicuously knobby.
We started out as wildflowers from the bicycle trails of western Pennsylvania, but we've
grown!
Meyer, Joseph E. (1918). The Herbalist and Herb Doctor. Hammond, Ind.: Indiana Herb Gardens. 400 pp.
