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Asteraceae
Echinacea Paradoxa
Echinacea paradoxa
Uniqueness and surprise.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Echinacea
- Native to
- Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- Perennial
- Height
- 60-90 cm
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil
- Well-drained, rocky, alkaline
- Water
- Low
- Hardiness
- 4-8
- Lifespan
- Perennial
Did you know
- It is the only Echinacea species with yellow petals, which is why it was named 'paradoxa' or paradoxical.
- Its natural habitat is the thin-soiled glades of the Ozark Plateau.
- Hybridizers have crossed it with purple coneflowers to create popular orange and red garden cultivars.
- It shares the same medicinal compounds as other Echinacea species but is rarely used commercially.
- In the wild it is quite rare and is listed as endangered in Arkansas.
Color meanings
0
Surprise
1
Individuality
2
Nonconformity