Native Plants

Pale Purple-Coneflower

Echinacea pallida
Location

May not be native

Use Location
Type
Annuals/Per.
Attributes
Fruit, Nuts
Pale Purple-Coneflower, or Pale Coneflower, is a herbaceous perennial that features narrow, coarse leaves and large, daisy-like flowers with drooping, pale pinkish-purple petals and spiny, coppery-orange center cones. These flowers appear on rigid stems up to 4 feet tall, growing in full sun and dry to moist soils.

May Attract

Pale Purple-Coneflower is thought to attract these families of birds
Family
Cardinals, Grosbeaks and Buntings
Family
Chickadees and Titmice
Family
Crows, Magpies, Jays
Family
Finches
Family
Mockingbirds and Thrashers
Family
Blackbirds and Orioles
Family
New World Sparrows
Family
Vireos
Family
Waxwings
Family
Wood Warblers
Family
Woodpeckers

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Ruby-throated Hummingbird at a butterflyweed. Photo: Dave Maslowski