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Asteraceae
Echinacea

Echinacea pallida (Nuttall) Nuttall. Common name: Pale Purple Coneflower. Phenology: May-Jul. Habitat: Dry prairie, open dry woodlands, roadsides (introduced eastwards in our area). Distribution: ON west to MI, WI, and ne. NE, south to IN, LA, and TX; disjunct eastward in TN, AL, GA, SC, NC, and VA (where probably but uncertainly native).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Some at least of the eastern populations considered to be E. pallida are actually the closely related E. simulata; additional work is needed to disentangle the relative distributions of these two species in our area.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, FNA21, GrPl, Il, K4, Mi, Mo2, NcTx, NE, NY, RAB, Tn, Tx, Baskin, Snyder, & Baskin (1993), Foster (1991), McGregor (1968), McKeown (1999); = Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt. var. pallida — Binns, Baum, & Arnason (2002); = n/a — Tat; < Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt. — F, G, W; < Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt. var. pallida — C, SE1. Basionym: Rudbeckia pallida Nutt. 1834

Links to other floras: = Echinacea pallida - FNA21

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