Asteraceae
Pale purple coneflower
Echinacea pallida
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Echinacea
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Common names
By language (8)
- Arabic
- قنفذية شاحبة
- arz
- قنفذيه شاحبه
- Chinese
- 淡紫松果菊
- English
- Pale purple coneflower
- German
- Prärie-Igelkopf, Blasser Igelkopf
- Hungarian
- Halvány kasvirág
- Persian
- سر خار گل
- Spanish
- Equinacea palida, Equinacea pálida, Equinácea pálida
Synonyms
- Brauneria pallida (Nutt.) Britton
- Echinacea pallida f. albida Steyerm.
- Echinacea pallida f. pallida
- Echinacea pallida var. pallida
- Rudbeckia pallida Nutt.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: SEWilco, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: gardenTilly, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: SEWilco, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Dan Zay, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Matthew Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Leelu Dreams of Horses, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Llez, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Matthew Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Kyle MacGowan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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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.