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Narrow-Leaved Coneflower, Black Samson

Echinacea angustifolia DC

Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)

▲▼ mature, flowering plants

Echinacea angustifolia DC., Narrowleaved Coneflower, Black Samson:  (Bayer Code:  none; US Code: none)

·         Native simple perennial wildflower with thick taproots that grows 12-30 inches tall; flowering stems are green to purplish

·         Plants first form a rosette of lanceolate leaves with smooth margins; leaves may have some stiff hairs; flowering stems have a few leaves on lower portion; stem leaves are usually shorter than basal leaves

·         Head inflorescences are 2-3+ inches in diameter, with pink to purplish ray flowers (“petals”) that tend to hang down from the center of the flower; the brown to purplish disk flowers form a conical mound in the center of the flowers; disk flowers have sharp, spike-like projections

·         Bracts below inflorescence in overlapping rows, oval to lanceolate

·         Flowering is from late spring to mid-summer

·         Found in dry prairies, glades; tolerant of sandy, rocky soils

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