Narrow-Leaved Coneflower
Narrow-Leaved Coneflower, Black Samson
Echinacea angustifolia DC
Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)
▲ ▼ mature, flowering plants
Echinacea angustifolia DC., Narrowleaved Coneflower, Black Samson: (Bayer Code: none; US Code: none)
- Native simple perennial wildflower with thick taproots that grows 12-30 inches tall; flowering stems are green to purplish
- Plants first form a rosette of lanceolate leaves with smooth margins; leaves may have some stiff hairs; flowering stems have a few leaves on lower portion; stem leaves are usually shorter than basal leaves
- Head inflorescences are 2-3+ inches in diameter, with pink to purplish ray flowers (“petals") that tend to hang down from the center of the flower; the brown to purplish disk flowers form a conical mound in the center of the flowers; disk flowers have sharp, spike-like projections
- Bracts below inflorescence in overlapping rows, oval to lanceolate
- Flowering is from late spring to mid-summer
- Found in dry prairies, glades; tolerant of sandy, rocky soils