Flower head; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 7/2014 © Jörn Germer
Developing flower; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 7/2014 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 7/2014 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Botanical Garden Hohenheim, Germany; 7/2014 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 2587 Date of entry: 16.01.2020 Last update: 26.02.2020
English: Purple coneflower
German: Purpur-Sonnenhut
Kingdom: Plantae (2634)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2538)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2145)
Order: Asterales (237)
Family: Asteraceae (221)(family description)
Genus: Echinacea (1)
Epithet: purpurea (L.) Moench (7)
Cultivar: 'Alba'
purpurea => purple
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
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