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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 18 inches
Plant Spread: 12 inches
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Narrow-leaf Coneflower
  • Black Sampson
  • Black Samson echinacea
  • Western Coneflower
  • Narrow Leaf Coneflower
  • Black Samson
  • Kansas Snakeroot
  • Echinacea
  • Coneflower

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Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2018-05-15

Date: c. 1861
illustration by W. Fitch from 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine', 1861
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2018-03-27
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2018-05-05
New blooms
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2016-03-10
New seedling
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2012-05-29
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date: 2020-09-21
Narrow-leaf Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia).
Photo by variegatagal
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2017-03-09

 Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
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Date: 2018-05-20
In bloom, 2nd year planting
Photo by robertduval14

Credit NPS

Credit NPS

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Comments:
  • Posted by Trish (Grapevine, TX - Zone 8a) on May 10, 2022 9:12 AM concerning plant:
    also called narrow-leaved purple coneflower. Native to the Great Plains from the United States-Canada border west to Montana and Wyoming and south to Texas, this species grows only 10 to 24 inches tall (other species reach 2 to 4 feet). The light purple to rose pink flowers are 2 1/2 to 3 inches in diameter. Its leaves are narrow, and the stems are hairy.

    Propagate by seeds sown in fall in a moist, sandy soil mix. Allow to overwinter in a cold frame. According to Neil Diboll of Prairie Nursery, this "moist stratification" procedure yields a significantly higher germination rate (about 90 percent) than seeding in a cold frame in early spring. If you cannot sow seeds in the fall, provide an artificial moist stratification: Mix seed in a 3-to-1 ratio with damp (not dripping wet) peat moss. Place the mixture in an airtight and watertight bag or jar marked with the date and plant name, and place it in the refrigerator at 34° to 38°F for 30 to 60 days.

    Root division is possible. However, this species has a taproot, and unless the lower half of the root has buds, the process is less reliable for propagation compared with E. purpurea.

    Researchers consider the roots of this species to have the best medicinal properties of all the coneflowers. But the plant's virtue may be its downfall: Collection of wild plants has increased to a degree that threatens their survival.
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