Asteraceae
Smooth purple coneflower
Echinacea laevigata
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Echinacea
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- قنفذية ناعمة, قنفذية لامعة
- arz
- قنفذيه ناعمه
- English
- Smooth purple coneflower
Synonyms
- Brauneria laevigata C.L.Boynton & Beadle
- Echinacea purpurea var. laevigata (F.E.Boynton & Beadle ex Small) Cronquist
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.