This species has contributed its unique form to many new hybrids that will be released in the future. The upswept rays of this species make it unique among coneflowers the overall impression is of a rose-purple cup. Size: 1 to 3 feet tall, 1 to 2 feet wide. White Lustre has larger, brighter white flowers than Alba and White Swan. Springbrook's Crimson Star has delicate, deep crimson flowers on sturdy 3-foot stems. Kim's Knee High is an excellent compact selection to 2½ feet with large heads of gracefully drooping rays. Bright Star is a graceful selection with mostly flat rose-pink flower heads. This heat and drought resistance plant is very unique with its daisy-like purple/pink flowers that sport a prickly seed cone. A shrubby, well branched plant with leafy stems and dozens of flowers with flat or drooping rose-pink to red-violet rays. ![]() Size: 2 to 4 feet tall (rarely to 6 feet), 2 to 3 feet wide. An important plant in current breeding programs. Purple coneflower is the easiest type of Echinacea to grow, and the most commonly used species for medicinal purposes. All treatments induce faster germination but did not change the final germination percentage, except the decrease evoked by vacuum treatment. This study aimed to investigate the antibacterial, antifungal, and cytotoxicity characteristics of the extracts of Echinacea purpura, Arctium lappa, and the essential oil of Zataria multiflora as a potential herbal mouthwash. The effects of seed treatment with cold plasma (27 min), vacuum (7 min), and electromagnetic field (515 min) on Echinacea purpurea germination and performance are studied. ![]() The plants grow in tight, multi-stemmed clumps with mostly basal leaves. Dental caries and oral infections have become a widespread issue in the modern world. This is an unusual coneflower in that its rays are bright yellow. Size: 2½ to 3 feet tall, 1 to 2 feet wide. laevigata, smooth coneflower, is similar but has smooth leaves. Liquid extract tinctures: 2.5 ml, three times daily, or up to 10 ml daily. The basal leaves are lance-shaped and covered in stiff hairs. Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower) is a garden classic perennial plant and one of our most popular native wildflowers. Dry powdered extract: 300500 mg of Echinacea purpurea, three times daily. A sparsely branching plant with stout, nearly leafless stems topped with large heads of drooping pale rose rays. Introduction to Echinacea - Purple ConeflowersIt is not an exaggeration to say that purple coneflower (aka Echinacea purpurea) is the one of the finest. Size: 3 to 4 feet tall, 1 to 2 feet wide. The somewhat smaller stalk leaves are coarsely toothed to entire. The dark green, petiolate (stalked) basal leaves are ovate to ovate-lanceolate, pointed, and coarsely toothed. USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 3 (possibly 2) to 8. The purple coneflower is a perennial plant with relatively fine, branched roots, from which grows a 60 to 150 cm high, robust, branched stalk with sparse, rough hairs. A compact coneflower with spare, lance-shaped basal leaves with stiff hairs and mostly leafless stems topped by 2-inch heads with short (1-inch) drooping rose-pink rays. ![]() Axel Fischer / EyeEm/getty Echinacea angustifolia, narrow-leaved coneflower
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