Echinacea purpurea

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Species Distribution Map
Family:ASTERACEAE
Species:Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
Common Name:Eastern Purple Coneflower
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Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:**
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, S2 (State Rank), G4G5 (Global Rank)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyASTERACEAE - Aster family
Genus Echinacea
Species Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench - Eastern Purple Coneflower

Citation

Citation Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench, Methodus 2: 591. 1794.
Basionym: Rudbeckia purpurea L. 1753.
Type: USA: ARKANSAS: Without data, Nuttall s.n. (holotype: BM), typ. cons.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Echinacea purpurea var. arkansana Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench, var. arkansana Steyermark, Rhodora 40: 71. 1938. ARKANSAS: Sevier Co.: Boggy Springs, 19 Jul 1937, Brinkley 259 (holotype: F).
Echinacea speciosa Echinacea speciosa Paxton, Paxton's Mag. Bot. 15: 79. 1849.  
Rudbeckia hispida Rudbeckia hispida Hoffmannsegg, Verz. Pfl. Kult., Nachtr. 1: 223. 1828.  
Rudbeckia intermedia Rudbeckia intermedia Lindley, in Paxton, Paxton's Mag. Bot. 15: 79. 1849.  
Rudbeckia purpurea Rudbeckia purpurea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 707. 1753, nom. cons. ARKANSAS: Without data, Nuttall s.n. (holotype: BM), typ. cons.
Rudbeckia serotina Rudbeckia serotina Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 1: pl. 4. 1823-1825.  
Brauneria purpurea Brauneria purpurea (Linnaeus) Britton, in Porter & Britton, Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 334. 1894.Rudbeckia purpurea Linnaeus 1753 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Bibb, Calhoun, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah, Franklin, Greene, Hale, Jackson, Lawrence, Lee, Lowndes, Pickens, St. Clair, Tuscaloosa, Washington

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AMAL, AUA, BRIT, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1875 - 2019

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
JSU108020 Lee 06 Jul 1973 Landers, Kenneth E.
103		 JSU
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
BRIT91514 Colbert 29 Aug 1989 Kral, Robert
77000		 BRIT
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000002994 Lee 16 Jun 1972 Nelson, John
004		 AUA
Echinacea Purpurea (L.) Moench
BRIT91513 DeKalb 11 Aug 1973 Kral, Robert
51164		 BRIT
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
AMAL00008511 Lawrence 10 Aug 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12033		 AMAL
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
UNA00070137 Greene 27 Aug 2008 Schotz, Alfred
2100		 UNA
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
UWAL0056869 Bibb 17 May 2019 Keener, Brian R.
11144		 UWAL
Echinacea purpurea
AUA000002992 Lee 11 Jul 1969 Thornhill, Randy
103		 AUA
Echinacea Purpurea (L.) Moench
BRIT91519 Lawrence 20 Jul 1968 Kral, Robert
31706		 BRIT
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000002991 Lee 22 Jun 1971 First, F.B.
012		 AUA
Echinacea Purpurea (L.) Moench
BRIT91511 Bibb 09 Aug 1992 Kral, Robert
81275		 BRIT
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
SAMF0005422 Washington 21 Jun 2013 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5464		 SAMF
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
UNA00063662 Bibb 02 Jul 2004 Schotz, Alfred
1943		 UNA
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
UNA00063057 Lawrence 10 Aug 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12033		 UNA
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
AMAL00022165 Washington 24 Jun 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7345		 AMAL
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
UWAL0000833 Franklin 16 Aug 2009 England, J. Kevin
2166		 UWAL
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
AUA000002990 Lee 16 Jun 1972 Eudaly, E.M.
002		 AUA
Echinacea Purpurea (L.) Moench
BRIT91509 Pickens 05 Jun 1971 Kral, Robert
42998		 BRIT
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
UNA00022827 Greene 08 Jun 1993 Haynes, Chris G.
s.n.		 UNA
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
UNA00046279 Calhoun 25 Jul 1979 Haynes, Robert R.
7490		 UNA
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
UNA00017252 Tuscaloosa 01 Aug 1875 Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
JSU108017 Calhoun 22 Jun 1972 Whetstone, R. David
962		 JSU
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
AMAL00021149 Colbert 22 Aug 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-46		 AMAL
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
BRIT91516 Colbert 02 Jul 1983 Webb, David H.
4813		 BRIT
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
BRIT91518 Lee 30 Jul 1973 Crance, G.H.
48		 BRIT
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
UNA00046280 Bibb 13 Jul 1979 Haynes, Robert R.
7463		 UNA
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
SAMF0005423 Washington 21 Jun 2013 Davenport, Lawrence J.
5470		 SAMF
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
JSU108019 Lawrence 03 Aug 1996 Whetstone, R. David
18301		 JSU
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
UWAL0000572 St. Clair 09 Jun 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3674		 UWAL
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
UNA00046282 Cullman _ Aug 1886 Mohr, Charles
s.n.		 UNA
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
JSU108016 Calhoun 15 Jul 1969 Ellard, Jerry
16-332		 JSU
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
ALNHS00002294 Colbert 22 Aug 2013 Barger, T. Wayne
FH-46		 ALNHS
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
BRIT91512 Greene 08 Jun 1993 Hayes, Chris
s.n.		 BRIT
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
ALNHS00005965 Bibb 19 Jul 2018 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4106		 ALNHS
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
AUA000002993 Lee 16 Jun 1972 Pounders, C.T.
070		 AUA
Echinacea Purpurea (L.) Moench
AUA000038603 Lee 17 Jul 1965 Hocking, George M.
694		 AUA
Echinacea Purpurea (L.) Moench
AUA000002995 Lee 23 Jun 1981 Baird, E.
8		 AUA
Echinacea Purpurea (L.) Moench
ALNHS00003428 Cleburne 12 Aug 2015 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#1945		 ALNHS
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
UNA00059176 Bibb 03 Jul 1992 Allison, James R.
6782		 UNA
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
BRIT91515 Colbert 19 Jun 1982 Webb, David H.
4581		 BRIT
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
BRIT91517 Lowndes 16 Jun 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
777		 BRIT
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
UNA00046281 Tuscaloosa 26 May 1975 Phillips, Chip
35		 UNA
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
AUA000002996 Lowndes 16 Jun 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
777		 AUA
Echinacea Purpurea (L.) Moench
AUA000002988 Colbert 12 Aug 1981 Henderson, T.
389		 AUA
Echinacea Purpurea (L.) Moench
AMAL00002876 Bibb 26 Jun 2001 Threlkeld, Steven J.
1438		 AMAL
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
UWAL0047110 Greene 27 Aug 2008 Schotz, Alfred
2100		 UWAL
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
AMAL00019329 Calhoun 11 Aug 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4328		 AMAL
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
BRIT91520 Lawrence 10 Aug 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12033		 BRIT
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
UWAL0011864 Washington 24 Jun 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7345		 UWAL
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
TROY000041033 Washington 24 Jun 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7345		 TROY
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000040127 Jackson 2 Jul 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
HC588		 AUA
Echinacea Purpurea (L.) Moench
JSU108014 Calhoun 15 Jul 1969 Mostowski, Howard S.
s.n.		 JSU
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
BRIT67112 Hale 29 May 1986 Rogers, K.M.
s.n.		 BRIT
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
UWAL0009209 St. Clair 03 Jun 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4571		 UWAL
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
TROY000034990 St. Clair 03 Jun 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4571		 TROY
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
JSU108015 Calhoun 18 Jun 1969 Sizemore, Danny
s.n.		 JSU
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
TROY000014870 Lawrence 10 Aug 2003 Spaulding, Daniel D.
12033		 TROY
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
BRIT91510 Pickens 03 Aug 1971 Kral, Robert
43488		 BRIT
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
TROY000032163 Franklin 16 Aug 2009 England, J. Kevin
2166		 TROY
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
AUA000002989 Hale 29 May 1986 Rogers, K.M.
 AUA
Echinacea Purpurea (L.) Moench
AUA000038604 Lee 5 Jul 1964 Hocking, George M.
693		 AUA
Echinacea Purpurea (L.) Moench
UWAL0030389 Bibb 09 Aug 1992 Kral, Robert
81275		 UWAL
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench
JSU108018 Etowah 26 Jun 1994 Hodge, Lesley M.
2750		 JSU
Echinacea purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench
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