Echinacea purpurea, Eastern purple coneflower - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Eastern purple coneflower, purple coneflower

Botanical name & synonyms: Echinacea purpurea, Brauneria purpurea, Echinacea intermedia, Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea purpurea var. serotina, Echinacea serotina, Echinacea speciosa, Rudbeckia hispida, Rudbeckia intermedia, Rudbeckia purpurea, Rudbeckia purpurea var. serotina, Rudbeckia serotina, Rudbeckia speciosa

Family: Aster, daisy, sunflower (Asteraceae, Compositae)

• native to eastern North America
  

• perennial
  

• 50 to 100cm
  

• flower VII to IX
  

• for bees
  

• medicinal plant
  

• weight of 1000 seeds = 3,5 gram
  

Sow at 18-22ºC (64-72ºF) for 2-4 weeks, move to 4ºC (39ºF) for 9 weeks, move to 10ºC (50ºF) for germination.