Prairie hedgehog head

Prairie hedgehog head
	Prairie hedgehog head ( Echinacea pallida )
Systematics
Order :	Astern-like (Asterales)
Family :	Daisy family (Asteraceae)
Subfamily :	Asteroideae
Tribe :	Heliantheae
Genre :	Sun hats ( Echinacea )
Type :	Prairie hedgehog head
Scientific name
	Echinacea pallida
	( Nutt. ) Nutt.

The prairie hedgehog head ( Echinacea pallida ), also called pale hedgehog head , is a species of the sun hats ( Echinacea ) in the sunflower family (Asteraceae).

features

The prairie hedgehog head is a perennial plant that reaches heights of 60 to 100 centimeters. It has a taproot . The leaves are narrowly lanceolate , 5 to 20 times as long as wide and with entire margins . The ray florets measure (3) 4 to 8 × 0.3 to 0.4 centimeters, are pale purple, and droop. The pollen is white.

Flowering time is from July to September.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 44.

Occurrence

The prairie hedgehog head occurs in the central United States on dry, rocky clearings and disturbed prairies. The species was naturalized in the east of the USA. Its distribution area originally includes Ontario and the US states of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Texas. In Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, he is a neophyte .

use

The prairie hedgehog head is rarely used as an ornamental plant.

literature

Eckehart J. Jäger, Friedrich Ebel, Peter Hanelt, Gerd K. Müller (eds.): Rothmaler excursion flora from Germany. Volume 5: Herbaceous ornamental and useful plants . Spectrum Academic Publishing House, Berlin Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-8274-0918-8 .

Individual evidence

↑ Echinacea pallida at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
^ ^A ^b Echinacea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved March 4, 2018.

Web links

Commons : Echinacea pallida - collection of images, videos and audio files

Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) On theplantlist.org

[IPCN-1] Echinacea pallida at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[GRIN-2] A ^b Echinacea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), USDA , ARS , National Genetic Resources Program. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved March 4, 2018.