![]() These achenes are tan-colored and slightly elongated. The ray flowers of pale purple cornflowers are sterile, but the disk flowers will form the small, dry, single-seeded fruit that does not open to release the seed (achene). The dozens of disk flowers that make up the cone portion are primarily brownish red in color. Short, stiff hairs encompass both the leaves and stems of purple coneflower 54. There are typically between 12 to 20 ray flowers that are narrow, long, pale purple in color, and are more dramatically droopy than a regular coneflower and appear as if they are dangling from the cone of disk flowers. Typical of a coneflower, each flower head has delicate petals (ray flowers) and a center cone (disk flowers). The edges are smooth (entire) and tend to curl upward slightly. Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) are tall flowering perennials native to the midwestern-central prairies of the United States. They are long and narrow (lanceolate to oblanceolate) and covered in small hairs on each side. The leaves that grow up the stem are typically alternately placed. The leaves of pale purple coneflower occur at the base and on the lower one-third of the unbranched stems. Goldfinches and other birds like to eat the seeds, and hummingbirds are drawn in by the plentiful nectar produced. ![]() Pale purple coneflowers are well known for their attractiveness to bees and butterflies. ![]() Within the United States, pale purple coneflower is native to select Eastern states into the Midwest. Native geographic location and habitat: (include C-value if appropriate) Division may be necessary every three to four years. This is a perennial that readily self-seeds deadheading can promote blooming and discourage self-seeding. Pale purple coneflower plants are approximately 2 to 3 feet tall and 1 to 2 feet wide at maturity.
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