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Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea		  
Family Aster  (Asteraceae)
Bloom Summer, Fall
Habitat Dry, sun, meadows, roadsides
Status Native
Cycle Perennial
Height 2-3'
Flower Large flower heads, 3-5" wide, made up of 14-20 droopy purple petals that surround a spiny cone-shaped orange center.
Leaf 3-veined, coarsely toothed leaves, 5" wide and up to 8" long.  Leaves are rough to the touch because of many small hairs.
Notes This is a tall, showy flower.  Goldfinch eat its seeds and many butterflies visit to obtain nectar.

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