Re: Echinacea purpurea

> > I'd still like to find a botanical name for the "Greenheaded Coneflower I
> > bought last week.  I want to look it up, and be sure I've planted it where
> > we both will be reasonably happy.
> 
> Could it be:
> 
> E. tennesseensis (Tennessee coneflower).  Erect perennial with linear
> leaves, 4-6 inches long. In summer, produces flowerheads, to 4 inches
> across, with conical greenish pink disks, and upturned, dark mauve ray
> florets, 1 1/4 inch long.  May be overrun by more aggressive plants.  24-36
> inches tall, to 18 inches wide.  Native S.E. US, zones 3-9.

I have this in the front yard, and it's blooming wonderfully!  The
center isn't orange like E. purpurea or E. pallida, but more of
a greenish-brown.  They're much finer in texture than the other pink
Echinaceas, and because the petals stick nearly straight out they give
more of a daisy-like appearance.

Note though that it is an endangered species, so only plants grown
from seed on private land are allowed...

I walked by my 5' Echinacea purpurea today, and boy does it smell
good!  It smells like honey and clover up to 5' away!

Chris
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