Echinacea sanguinea
Species of flowering plant
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Echinacea sanguinea, the sanguine purple coneflower, is a herbaceous perennial native to open sandy fields, open pine woods, and prairies in eastern Texas, southeastern Oklahoma, Louisiana, and southwestern Arkansas.[1][2][3] It is the southernmost Echinacea species.[4] The specific epithet sanguinea, which is Latin for "blood", refers to the color of the petals.
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Genus: | Echinacea |
| Species: | E. sanguinea |
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Description
It grows up to 120 cm (4 ft) tall with an unbranched stem.[3] The alternate leaves are typically close to the ground, growing 10–25 cm (4–10 in) long and 6 mm (¼ in) wide, with the upper leaves having long hairs.[3]
It flowers from late spring to early summer at low altitudes 0–200 m (0–656 ft).[3] Each stem has one rose-pink to pale purple flower head, up to 5 cm (2 in) long and 12 mm (½ in) wide, with 10–20 ray flowers that conspicuously droop.[3] The 2.5 cm (1 in) cone-shaped center containing the disc florets is purplish-brown on the outside and greenish toward the center.[5]
