Asteraceae

Tennessee purple coneflower

Echinacea tennesseensis (Beadle) Small

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Echinacea

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Tennessee purple coneflower (Echinacea tennesseensis) — FlowerPhoto: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Arabic: قنفذية تينيسية
English: Tennessee purple coneflower

Synonyms

Brauneria tennesseensis Beadle
Echinacea angustifolia var. tennesseensis (Beadle) S.F.Blake
Echinacea pallida var. tennesseensis (Beadle) Binns, B.R.Baum & Arnason

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Nicholas Stockmaster, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Turner Brockman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Nicholas Stockmaster, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.