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Smooth Coneflower (Echinacea laevigata) Granville Co., NC 10 Sep 2006 Smooth Coneflower is a federally endangered species. In NC, it's known only in 3 counties in the northern piedmont. |
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Smooth Coneflower (Echinacea laevigata) Granville Co., NC 10 Sep 2006 Normally flowering in early summer, this aberrant individual was lingering into September! |
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Eastern Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Garden specimen, Durham Co., NC 2 Nov 2013 Native but rare in North Carolina, this perennial species is widely planted in gardens and is very attractive to butterflies. |
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Eastern Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Garden specimen, Durham Co., NC 2 Nov 2013 |
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Eastern Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Garden specimen, Durham Co., NC 2 Nov 2013 Coneflowers are excellent nectar sources for butterflies like this Painted Lady. |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
Created on ... Sep 27, 2006 | jeffpippen9@gmail.com