Echinacea paradoxa


Echinacea paradoxa, the yellow coneflower or Bush's purple coneflower, is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to southern Missouri, Arkansas, and south-central Oklahoma, with one isolated population reported from Montgomery County in eastern Texas. It is listed as threatened in Arkansas.
Echinacea paradoxa is a perennial herb up to 90 cm tall. One plant can produce several flower heads, each with white, pink, or yellow ray florets and pink or yellow disc florets.
;Varieties
Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa has a baseline chromosome number of x = 11, like most Echinacea plants.

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