Echinacea pallida

     Pale Purple Coneflower

Asteraceae

  Fruit Type:  Achene

  Fruiting Period:  Oct - Nov

  Flowering Period:  Jun - Jul

  Color:  Light brown (dark brown apex)

  Size: 

  Shape:  Quadrangular, truncated end

  Surface Features:  Short-toothed crown; longitudinal ridges

  Scarification:  Not required

  Stratification:  60 - 90 days

  Cotyledons:  Oval with entire margins

  Leaf arrangement:  Basal

  Leaves:  Elongated oval with pointed tip, petiole, entire margins, hairs, three prominent veins

  Other:  Coarse texture