The name ‘Echinacea’ comes from the Greek work ‘echino’, which means ‘spiny’ because the central disk of the flower is spiny.
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They thrive in full sun as long as they have well-drained soil. They have few pests and deer don’t like them. They will tolerate drought, heat, and wind. Purple coneflowers are good for cutting, and attract hummingbirds and butterflies. The standard variety has purple flowers (really pinkish-purple), but the blooms can also be white and lately new colors have been bred. It is hardy and blooms from mid-summer into fall. Echinacea purpurea or purple coneflower is a tall (24-36”) perennial flower with a pronounced central cone. Most of us are not growing or using Echinacea for its herbal qualities, but plant it in our perennial flower gardens for its beauty and ease of growth. Health food stores are full of extractions of Echinacea, some taken from the root, others from the flower or whole plant. Today, herbalists claim Echinacea can ward off and/or shorten the duration of the common cold, boost the immune system, even fight infections such as bronchitis.
Echinacea’s herbal uses go back to the Native Americans, who used various species of it for medicinal purposes to aid ailments such as snakebite and anthrax and for pain relief.
Echinacea – Purple Coneflower: Herb or Perennial Flower? By Jan Cashman Įchinacea can be classified as an herb or a perennial flower native to North American.
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