Asteraceae
Upright prairie coneflower
Ratibida columnifera
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Ratibida
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Common names
By language (5)
- Arabic
- قنفذية البراري المنتصبة
- Chinese
- 草原松果菊, 柱托草光菊, 草光菊
- chy
- Šé'šenovotséheséeo'ôtse
- English
- Upright prairie coneflower, Mexican hat
- Finnish
- Meksikonkeltahattu
Synonyms
- Lepachys columnaris Torr. & A.Gray
- Lepachys columnaris var. columnaris
- Lepachys columnaris var. pulcherrima (DC.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Lepachys columnifera (Nutt.) J.F.Macbr.
- Lepachys columnifera f. columnifera
- Lepachys columnifera var. columnifera
- Obeliscaria columnaris DC.
- Obeliscaria drummondii (Paxton) Graham
- Obeliscaria pulcherrima DC.
- Ratibida columnaris Raf.
- Ratibida columnaris (Sims) D.Don
- Ratibida columnaris f. columnaris
- Ratibida columnaris var. columnaris
- Ratibida columnaris var. pulcherrima (DC.) D.Don
- Ratibida columnifera f. columnifera
- Ratibida columnifera f. pulcherrima (DC.) Fernald
- Ratibida columnifera subsp. columnifera
- Ratibida columnifera var. columnifera
- Ratibida pulcherrima Steud.
- Rudbeckia columnaris Pursh
- Rudbeckia columnaris Sims
- Rudbeckia columnaris var. columnaris
- Rudbeckia columnaris var. pulcherrima (DC.) Rothr.
- Rudbeckia columnifera Nutt.
- Rudbeckia drummondii Paxton
Flowers
- In flower
- April to October (from 2,865 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Center for Urban Ecology, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Will Pearce, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Linda Jo Conn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dave Whitinger, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Working Man, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ryan Donnelly, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Erick Gustafson, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: smellon761, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: Bay Yount, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jon Mitchell, CC0, from iNaturalist Photo: Bay Yount, 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.