Echinacea laevigata (F.E.Boynton & Beadle) S.F.Blake

  • Authority

    Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

  • Family

    Asteraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Echinacea laevigata (C.L.Boynton & Beadle) S.F.Blake

  • Description

    Species Description - Much like no. 1 [Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench], and perhaps only a geographic var. of it, but glabrous and ± glaucous, or the lvs sometimes scabrous to short- hairy above; stems consistently simple, 6–12 dm; rays to 8 cm; plants tending to have a short, quickly deliquescent taproot or vertical caudex; 2n=22. Woods and fields; locally from se. Pa. to n. Ga., from the Piedmont to the Folded Appalachians. (E. purpurea var. l.)

  • Common Names

    Appalachian coneflower