Echinacea pallida

(Nuttall) Nuttall

Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. 7: 354. 1840.

Common names: Pale purple coneflower
IllustratedEndemic
Basionym: Rudbeckia pallida Nuttall J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 7: 77. 1834
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 21. Treatment on page 90. Mentioned on page 88, 89.

Plants to 140 cm (roots fusiform to narrowly turbinate, usually branched). Herbage sparsely to densely hairy (hairs spreading, ca. 1.5–1.7 mm). Stems green to purplish (rarely branched). Basal leaves: petioles 5–20+ cm; blades (1-), 3-, or 5-nerved, elliptic to lanceolate, 12–40 × 1–4 cm, bases cuneate to attenuate, margins entire (usually ciliate). Peduncles 15–50 cm. Phyllaries lanceolate to ovate, 7–15 × 1–3 mm. Receptacles: paleae 9–14 mm, tips purple, usually incurved, sharp-pointed. Ray corollas pink to reddish purple, laminae reflexed, 40–90 × 3–4 mm, sparsely hairy abaxially. Discs conic to hemispheric, 20–40 × 25–37 mm. Disc corollas 5.5–6.7 mm, lobes usually pink to purple (pollen usually white, rarely lemon yellow). Cypselae tan or bicolored, 2.5–5 mm, faces ± smooth, usually glabrous; pappi to ca. 1 mm (major teeth 0–4). 2n = 22.


Phenology: Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat: Rocky prairies, open wooded hillsides, and glades
Elevation: 50–1500 m

Distribution

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Ont., Ala., Ark., Conn., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., La., Maine, Mass., Mich., Mo., Nebr., N.Y., N.C., Okla., Tenn., Tex., Va., Wis.

Discussion

Echinacea pallida is generally regarded as introduced in Connecticut, Georgia, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, and Virginia.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Lowell E. Urbatsch +, Kurt M. Neubig +  and Patricia B. Cox +
(Nuttall) Nuttall +
Rudbeckia pallida +
Pale purple coneflower +
Ont. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Conn. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Kans. +, La. +, Maine +, Mass. +, Mich. +, Mo. +, Nebr. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Va. +  and Wis. +
50–1500 m +
Rocky prairies, open wooded hillsides, and glades +
Flowering late spring–summer. +
Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s. +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Enceliinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Engelmanniinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Spilanthinae +, Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Verbesininae +  and Undefined (tribe Undefined) subtribe Zinniinae +
Echinacea pallida +
Echinacea +
species +