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	FS-731 - Production of Purple Coneflower as a Cut Flower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The inflorescence is borne terminally and solitarily atop a 2 1/2- to 3-foot-tall stem.The purple coneflower begins blooming in July and August, flowers profusely for 2 weeks, and then blooms sporadically for the rest of the growing season.
		Echinacea pallida(Nutt.) Nutt., the pink or pale coneflower, is native to the prairies of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri, south to Louisiana, Alabama, and Georgia.
		Purple coneflower is rather versatile, being at home in the perennial border, and naturalized to wild areas.
	www.agnr.umd.edu /MCE/Publications/Publication.cfm?ID=65 (4111 words)

	EEK! - The Pale Purple Coneflower
		The purple coneflower is a beautiful summer/fall bloomer.
		While commonly found in prairie plantings, the purple coneflower may not have historically been found in Wisconsin.
		Its relative, the pale purple coneflower, a threatened species in Wisconsin, is a native species.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/caer/ce/eek/veg/plants/purpleconeflower.htm (184 words)

	Purple Coneflower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Purple Coneflower is a showy perennial native to the eastern United States.
		Purple Coneflower is used in borders, naturalized areas, and as cut flowers, and is used heavily as an herb in teas, medicine, and decoration.
		The erect flower heads bloom in the summer and have purple or white drooping petals with a brown cone in the center.
	pas.byu.edu /pas100/purcone.htm (73 words)

	The Purple Coneflower - Landscaping
		Purple coneflower is also very suitable for wildflower meadows.
		The ordinary purple coneflower can be grown from seeds, while the cultivars probably won’t come true from seeds.
		Generally purple coneflower seeds will germinate better if they are chilled first.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art40744.asp (342 words)

	Purple Coneflower
		It consists of a large central cone of yellowish brown or reddish brown disk florets, surrounded by 10-20 purple ray florets.
		However, Purple Coneflower is often used in prairie restorations, where it may be locally common.
		Purple Coneflower seems to attract more than its fair share of butterflies, particularly in sunny, sheltered areas.
	www.illinoiswildflowers.info /prairie/plantx/pur_coneflowerx.htm (496 words)

	Purple Coneflower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		coneflower purple echinacea purpurea perennials partial sun blue or purple large summer
		Coneflowers produce large, fragrant flowers bloom from July to October and a major attractor to butterflies and bees and deer resistant, it is a must for any perennial gardens.
		The Echinacea `Purple Coneflower', Echinacea purpurea, is an easy to grow flower that produces beautiful lavender to purple daisy-like flowers.
	www.wendywooding.com /perennials/purple-coneflower.php (109 words)

	Purple Coneflower
		Purple coneflower is like a fl-eyed Susan in a different color dress.
		Similar to rudbeckia flowers, purple coneflowers are large daisy-like flowers with dark beehive centers.
		Purple coneflower is also known for its herbal properties.
	www.colostate.edu /Depts/CoopExt/4DMG/Flowers/Perenls/purp.htm (201 words)

	Pale-purple Coneflower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In Europe the pale-purple coneflower is successfully cultivated on almost all garden soils.
		The pale-purple coneflower is a native of North America where it is found on the dry prairies of the southern states from Alabama to Texas.
		The scientific name of the pale-purple coneflower comes from the Greek "echinos" = hedgehog, and appropriately describes the spiny appearance of the flowerhead.
	www.wala.de /english/pflanze/archiv/ech.htm (1031 words)

	Purple Coneflower
		Purple coneflower continues to be one of the most popular medicinal herbs.
		Purple coneflower is lovely when it is combined with other sun-loving perennials like Russian sage, gayfeather, and ornamental grasses.
		When buying purple coneflower plants or seeds, remember there are numerous cultivars available.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/landscaping_herbs/106174 (394 words)

	Echinacea The Purple Coneflower
		Echinacea, commonly Known as Purple Coneflower or sometimes Black Sampson, is a perennial belonging to the aster family and grows 2-3 feet high with a single stout bristly hair stem.
		Scientific research has now confirmed what herbalists have now known for generations...The Purple Coneflower, especially the two varieties: Echinacea Purpurea, which has larger darker purple leaves, and Echinacea Angustifolia, which has narrower, paler leaves, seem to have an affinity for helping us two-legged creatures deal with a host of internal and external physical problems.
		Although the vast meadows of wild Purple Coneflower, with its wonderful auburn-colored rounded center cone that is so attractive to wild birds and butterflies, have sadly diminished, the flower is an easy perennial to grow in most parts of the United States, with needs and habits similar to Black-Eyed Susans.
	www.earthmagicherbs.com /Echinacea.htm (299 words)

	Purple Coneflower
		urple Coneflower and its three cousins, Black Sampson (E.
		Purple Coneflower is widely available in garden stores.
		The Echinaceas are excellent selections for a butterfly garden.
	www.gpnc.org /purple.htm (291 words)

	Echinacea or Purple Coneflower
		Of all the possible flowers to grow in your butterfly garden, I would have to refer to the Purple Coneflower as the queen of the garden.
		Echinacea purpurea more commonly known as the purple coneflower grows 2-3 feet tall.
		White Swan is identical to the purple coneflower, only the rays are white.
	www.backyardwildlifehabitat.info /pinkconeflowers.htm (211 words)

	Purple Coneflower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Purple coneflowers (Echinacea sanguinea) are quite rewarding in that we now have a number of healthy, blossom-producing plants from just smashing some dried seed heads into the mud.
		The coneflowers are in the sunflower family (Asteraceae), having the same large central disk with numerous tiny flowers arrayed in a pleasing symmetrical pattern.
		The same Greek word is the basis for the name echinoderms: the spiny-skinned starfish and sea urchins, and that's just what the center of the purple coneflower looks (and feels) like.
	home.att.net /~larvalbugbio/coneflower.html (255 words)

	Native Echinacea purpurea Eastern Purple Coneflower Seed and Potted Plants
		Though Purple Coneflower prefers moist well-drained soil, it will tolerate dry conditions and grow in the open shade garden.
		Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) was and still is a widely used medicinal plant of the Plains Indians.
		The map below shows areas where native Echinacea purpurea purple coneflower plants grow wild but it can be planted and will grow over a much wider area than shown.
	www.easywildflowers.com /quality/ech.purp.htm (445 words)

	Purple Coneflower - Health & Beauty - Compare Prices, Reviews and Buy at NexTag - Price - Review
		Echinacea, also known as the Purple Coneflower, was widely used by the Plains Indians.
		Echinacea (purple coneflower) is a native American herb that was once widely used by the Plains Indians and is now used by millions of consumers worldwide.
		Echinacea, the purple coneflower, is the best known and researched herb for stimulating the immune system.
	www.nextag.com /purple-coneflower/search-html (557 words)

	Echinacea purpurea
		Freely self-seeds if at least some of the seed heads are left in place.
		Purple coneflower is a Missouri native plant which occurs in rocky open woods and prairies throughout the State.
		Large, daisy-like flowers with slightly drooping, rose purple petals (ray flowers) and large, coppery-orange central cones.
	www.mobot.org /gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=C580 (220 words)

	Purple Coneflower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The rough leaves are coarsely toothed, alternate, mostly stalked, up to 8 inches long and 5 inches wide, and widest near the base.
		Flower heads are on individual stalks, each head 2 1/2 - 5 inches wide and consisting of up to 20 purple petal-like ray flowers surrounding a cone-shaped head of disk flowers.
		Habitat/Range: Occasional in prairies and open woodlands, scattered throughout the tallgrass region west to south-eastern Kansas.
	www.bigdarby.org /iPlaPurpleCone.htm (80 words)

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		Purple Coneflower by Filler, Rick Art Print 16x20 available in the Art->Artists->M->Miller, John category at AllPosters.com.
		Echinacea 400 mg Purpurea Root - 250 CapsEchinacea (purple coneflower) is a native American...
		Echinacea (purple coneflower) is a perennial plant native to North America and Europe.
	www.shopping.com /xGS-Purple_Coneflower (764 words)

	Purple Coneflower
		Echinacea purpurea (purple coneflower) is a showy, clump-forming herbaceous perennial that dies to the ground in winter, and sprouts back in spring.
		The daisy like flowers are up to 3" across, and very attractive with rose-purple rays and large, cone-shaped purple brown centers.
		Historically, this plant has been grown for its medicinal properties and is still used today to make commercial herbal remedies.
	melanys.tripod.com /Coneflower.htm (180 words)

	Purple cone flower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Purple Coneflower, Echinacea purpurea The perennial plant does best when planted in full sun in any moist, well-drained garden soil, but may also be grown...
		Purple coneflower is a rough, hairy perennial that stands up to 18 inches tall.
		The purple coneflower is a native plant of North America and grows on the plains of midwestern...
	2860.8g4nj.info (1324 words)

	Purple Coneflower
		The Broadleaf Purple Coneflower produce summer blooms in purple, pink, crimson-red and white.
		Because of the height of the Broadleaf Purple Coneflower, use the plants in the back of the garden to add height and full summer blooms.
		Broadleaf Purple Coneflower adds interest to the garden from June to winter.
	www.youcanlearnseries.com /Landscape/Plants/PurpleConeflower.aspx (249 words)

	PURPLE CONEFLOWER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The basal leaves are on long stalks, while the stem leaves are few, and usually lack long stalks.
		All of the Purple Coneflowers are used as medicinal plants by Native Americans.
		There is still a market for the roots, which are used to make herbal medicines and tonics.
	www.franklingroveil.org /grslnp11.htm (229 words)

	Pale Purple Coneflower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		There is a single showy flower head at the top of each stem, with many drooping, pale purple, petal-like ray flowers, each up to 3 1/2" long, surrounding a broad, purplish brown, cone-shaped central disk.
		Habitat/Range:Locally common and widely distributed in dry and mesic prairies and open savannas from southeastern Nebraska and north- central Iowa south and eat to southwestern Arkansas and northwestern Indiana.
		Comments: A related plant, Narrow-Leaved Purple Coneflower, occurs in upland prairies throughout the western tallgrass region and westward; it is a shorter plant with smaller ray flowers and yellow pollen--typical Pale Purple Coneflower has while pollen.
	xtasy.lib.indiana.edu /dliup1/purpcone.html (227 words)

	PlantFiles: Detailed information on Eastern Purple Coneflower Echinacea purpurea
		I like the Purple Coneflower but am giving up on keeping it because every year the groundhogs eat it and make a mess of it.
		Purple coneflower, as well as white, grows well in the burning hot dry area next to our driveway and didn't mind the snow abuse either.
		My purple coneflowers started from one nursery bought plant and spread rapidly in my butterfly garden which has very fertile soil and full sun.
	davesgarden.com /pf/go/26/index.html (1599 words)

	Purple Coneflower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Description A perennial, usually 2 to 3 feet tall, of dry prairies.
		Flower heads have purple rays and a raised, spiny center.
		The slender stem and 3-nerved leaves are covered with coarse hairs.
	www.upress.umn.edu /Moyle/PurpleConeflower.html (97 words)

	Floridata: Echinacea purpurea
		Click to download a large version (800x600) of this butterfly's eye view of a purple coneflower.
		Purple coneflower is a showy, clump forming herbaceous perennial that dies to the ground in winter and sprouts back in spring.
		Taken orally, extracts from purple coneflower roots and leaves are reported to stimulate the immune system and increase resistance to infections.
	www.floridata.com /ref/e/ech_pur.cfm (248 words)

	Purple Coneflower-a Popular Herb for Landscaping
		New varieties of the purple coneflower, also called coneflower, have taken the market by storm.
		Imagine a purple coneflower with an additional layer of petals atop the central cone, and you get the idea.
		Like the Meadowbrite series, Sunrise and Sunset coneflowers, both of which are hybrids, represent a departure from the usual colors.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/landscaping_herbs/113850 (386 words)

	Purple Coneflower seeds , Echinacea purpurea (P) at American Meadows
		Purple Coneflower seeds, Echinacea purpurea (P) at American Meadows
		Purple Coneflower seeds is one of 80 species in our Wildflower Seed Encyclopedia.
		Etc: With a flower that looks a lot like a large, pink fl-eyed susan, purple coneflower has always been a star in plains plantings.
	www.americanmeadows.com /bulk_ind_detail.cfm?itemid=85 (229 words)

	Purple Coneflower Echinacea
		The Echinacea Purple Coneflower, 'Echinacea purpurea', is a long lived tough perennial that withstands drought, wind and humidity and it is used for its suspected medicinal value.
		The Purple Coneflower has 2 to 3 inch long drooping petals that are surrounded with a purple/maroon/brown conical center, 3 inches in diameter.
		Plant in early spring, 3 to 4 weeks before the last frost or as late as 2 months before the first fall frost.
	www.gardensimply.com /nursery/product.php?prod_id=453451384 (83 words)

	Echinacea: The Purple Coneflower
		The appearance of Echinacea may be a little rough, but this plant, commonly called coneflower, appeared luminous at the end of last summer's long drought, when little else besides fl-eyed Susans was flowering in my garden.
		purpurea, or purple coneflower, is the most popular garden species.
		In a border, the plant's crown (where the stems and roots meet) increases until you have a colony -- drifts of pink or purple flowers.
	www.taunton.com /finegardening/pages/g00040.asp (730 words)

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