Kendall County (IL) Forest Preserve District
Pale
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea pallida
[C-value
8]
Aster family (Asteraceae)
Blooms mid-June
- mid-July
The native Pale Purple Coneflower is uncommon in our area. It prefers full sun, moderate-moist to dry soil, and may be found in dry black soil prairie remnants, Oak savannas or abandoned fields. This perennial is up to 3' tall with a stout central stem covered with coarse white hairs. The lower long-stemmed leaves are up to 9" long and 2" across, hairy, untoothed and much narrower than those of similar Purple Coneflower. A single daisy-like composite flower develops at the top of the stem. It is about 3" across with a prominent reddish brown cone of disk florets surrounded by 12-20 light purple ray florets that are long, slender, and droop downward.
Pale Purple Coneflower at Jay Woods Forest Preserve June 9, 2015
Pale Purple Coneflower at Jay Woods Forest Preserve June 9, 2015
Pale Purple Coneflower Jay Woods Forest Preserve June 9, 2015
Pale Purple Coneflower at Maramech Forest Preserve July 1, 2013
Pale Purple Coneflower at Maramech Forest Preserve July 1, 2013
Echinacea Extract, a tincture from the leaves and stems of Purple Coneflower and Pale Purple Coneflower, has been a popular herbal cold remedy for 400 years. Reminder: see our Do Not Disturb Notice.
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