Echinacea angustifolia

      
Purple Coneflower

Middle Leaf Bottom

South-East Saskatchewan
23-July-2004

 
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Echinacea: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this genus.
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leaves alternate; NOT opposite

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leaves undivided

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flowers large

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receptacle with chaffy scales; NOT naked

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flower heads with florets both tubular and ray

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ray florets purple; NOT white, NOT yellow

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stamens united to form a tube around the pistil

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pappus absent or composed of a few hairs; NOT pappus composed of numerous hairs