Echinacea laevigata (F.E.Boynton & Beadle) S.F.Blake
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Asteraceae
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Scientific Name
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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.)
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Common Names
Appalachian coneflower