Ratibida
Genus of flowering plants
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Ratibida is a genus of North American plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae.[1][3] Members of the genus are commonly known as prairie coneflowers[4][5][6] or mexican-hat.[7]
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| Prairie coneflowers | |
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| Ratibida columnifera | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Heliantheae |
| Subtribe: | Rudbeckiinae |
| Genus: | Ratibida Raf.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Ratibida sulcata Raf. | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Species
There are 7 species:[2][8][9][10]
- Ratibida coahuilensis B.L.Turner - Coahuila
- Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton & Standl. – upright prairie coneflower - widespread in Canada, United States, and northeastern Mexico
- Ratibida latipalearis E.L.Richards - Chihuahua
- Ratibida mexicana (S.Watson) W.M.Sharp - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sonora
- Ratibida peduncularis (Torr. & A.Gray) Barnhart – naked prairie coneflower - Louisiana, Texas
- Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart – pinnate prairie coneflower - Ontario, eastern + central United States (primarily Great Lakes + Mississippi Valley)
- Ratibida tagetes (E.James) Barnhart – short-ray prairie coneflower - Chihuahua, United States (desert southwest, western Great Plains)
