NameThatPlant.net: Echinacea simulata

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Echinacea simulata FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Extremely like E. pallida -- two differences are the width of the ray flowers and the color of the pollen. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

Some of the more eastern disjunct populations previously considered to be E. pallida are actually E. simulata; additional work is needed to disentangle the relative distributions of these two species in our area. Read more in Weakley's Flora (2022).

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinacea simulata FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
Prairie Purple Coneflower, Wavyleaf Purple Coneflower, Glade Coneflower

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Echinacea simulata FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Echinacea simulata FAMILY Asteraceae

3632

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Prairies, dry open woodlands, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare in GA (as a native), waifs in NC (where introduced)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Summer
Rays: Pink/ Purplish
Disc: Purplish (fresh pollen pale to bright yellow)
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers bisexual & fertile/ Ray flowers neuter

FRUIT:
Summer
Achene

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".

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