Copy permalink to share

Echinacea tennesseensis (Beadle) Small. Common name: Tennessee Purple Coneflower. Phenology: Jun-Aug. Habitat: Calcareous glades. Distribution: Endemic to the Nashville Basin of c. TN (Davidson, Rutherford, & Wilson counties) (Chester, Wofford, & Kral 1997).

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Synonymy : = FNA21, K1, K4, S, Tn, Baskin, Snyder, & Baskin (1993), Foster (1991), McGregor (1968), McKeown (1999); = Echinacea angustifolia DC. var. tennesseensis (Beadle) S.F.Blake; = Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt. var. tennesseensis (Beadle) Binns, B.R.Baum, & Arnason – K3, Binns, Baum, & Arnason (2002); < Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt. var. angustifolia (DC.) Cronquist – SE1

Links to other floras: = Echinacea tennesseensis - FNA21

Show in key(s)

Show parent genus

Heliophily : 9

Your browser does not support SVGs

Hover over a shape, letter, icon, or arrow on the map for definition or see the legend.

image of plant© Alan Cressler: Echinacea tennesseensis, Vesta Cedar Glade State Natural Area, Wilson County, Tennessee 6 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan M. Cressler | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Scott Ward | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Echinacea tennesseensis, Vesta Cedar Glade State Natural Area, Wilson County, Tennessee 4 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷

Feedback

See something wrong or missing on about Echinacea tennesseensis? Let us know here: (Please include your name and email if at all complicated so we can clarify if needed.) We greatly appreciate feedback, and will include updates from you in our next webapp update, which can take a few months.


Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro:

Stems:

Leaves:

Inforescence:

Flowers:

Fruits:

Comments:

Height:

plant sale text:

bloom table text:

description:

stems:

leaves:

inflorescence:

flowers:

fruits:

comments:

cultural notes:

germination code:

native range: