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Echinacea purpurea

 

     Purple Coneflower

Asteraceae

 

 

 

 

 

Fruits.

  Fruit Type:  Achene

  Fruiting Period:  Nov

  Flowering Period:  Jun - Sep

      

 

 

Seeds.

  Color:  Light brown

  Size:  2 x 4 mm

  Shape:  Quadrangular, truncated end

  Surface Features:  Short-toothed crown; longitudinal ridges

  Scarification:  Not required

  Stratification:  60 - 90 days

 

 

Seedlings.

  Cotyledons:  Oval with entire margins

  Leaf arrangement:  Basal

  Leaves:  Simple, oval with pointed tip, winged petiole, entire margins, hairs, prominent veins