The caterpillars of the Silvery Checkerspot butterfly feed on the foliage, caterpillars of the Wavy-Lined Emerald moth and Common Eupithecia moth feed on the flowerheads. Naturally found in dry to mesic black soil prairies, gravel prairies, openings in dry rocky woods, oak savannas, limestone glades, abandoned fields, and open areas along railroads.ĭeer/Rabbit Resistant: yes/yes (coarse leaves may still be palatable to cattle)Īttracts Butterflies or Pollinators : several long and short-tongued native bees, including bumble bees, honey bees, butterflies, and skippers. Origin: native wildflower to Eastern and central North America from Wisconsin and Michigan, and south to Texas and Louisiana. Also native in Ontario and scattered in a few eastern states between Maine and Georgia. Average garden soil, drained soil, rocky soil, poor soil, infertile and sand soil. Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea L.) is a perennial and herbaceous medicinal plant belonging to the family Asteraceae.Although all parts of Echinacea purpurea can be used for medicinal purpose, leaves, flowers, and roots are widely used in the preparation of pharmaceutical tablets and syrups. Deadheading can extend the blooming time, but removes the desirable seeds.Ĭulture: sun, half sun (adaptable to half shade, but a sunny spot is the best). giganteum,…), Echinops, Knautia macedonica, but also with Geranium sanquineum, Perovskia or Salvia nemorosa.īlooming Time : main flowering period is June – July blooming naturally continues until September, but with small amounts of flowers. This Echinacea looks good when combined with plants that remind of thistles, such as these non-native perennials: any Eryngium (E. nepetoides), Asclepias tuberosa, Baptisia, Callirhoe, Eryngium juccifolium, Penstemon, Pycnanthemum, Liatris, Silphium terenbinthinaceum or bigger grasses like Panicum virgatum. Looks great when combined with fine flowering grasses - Stipa tenuissima or Sporobolus heterolepis, for example!įor other good perennial combinations, add native perennials like Artemisia ludoviciana, Agastache (‘Blue Fortune’, A. It is also used to increase general immune system function and treat urinary tract infections.ĭue to it’s natural look, it's best to plant several plants or masses in somewhat natural-looking flowers beds, drier prairie plantings or use it for naturalizing.
Important medicinal plant used by Native American cultures and in Western medicine - it is used to prevent and treat the common cold, flu, and upper respiratory tract infections. Flowers 2 to 4 weeks earlier than purple cone flower (Echinacea purpurea).
essential oil and 3 ppm Aflatoxin B1 and G4, fish fed with feed containing 3 ppm aflatoxin B1. essential oils G3, fish fed with feed containing 500 µg/kg Echinacea purpurea L. Heat, humidity, and drought tolerant perennial. Methods: Zebrafish were divided into four groups of 45 fishes in three replicates including control (G1) G2, fish fed with feed containing 500 µg/kg Echinacea purpurea L. Rosy-pink (sometimes more or less pale) flower with drooping petals and orange-greenish centers. Long-lived perennial with a tap root, slender habitus, and narrow hairy leaves.