Pale Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
Asteraceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Not Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Eastern North America
Biocultural value
Compounds in the roots of some Echinacea species stimulate the human immune system to help fend off internal and external infections.
Location
Mundy Wildflower Garden, Newman Overlook, Bioswale Garden, Robison Herb Garden
Source of plant
Veronica's Garden, Cornell Botanic Gardens, Bluebird Nursery Inc., Sunny Border Nurseries
Description
Plant to 1m in height; leaves to 20cm long, 4cm wide, linear-lanceolate to elliptic, entire, the base attenuate; capitula solitary, ray florets purple.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5
Special characteristics
medicinal/pharmaceutical