Asteraceae
Pinnate prairie coneflower
Ratibida pinnata
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Ratibida
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 羽叶松果菊, 羽叶草光菊
- English
- Pinnate prairie coneflower, Gray-head coneflower
Synonyms
- Helianthus pinnata (Vent.) E.H.L.Krause
- Lepachys pinnata (Vent.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Lepachys pinnatifida Raf.
- Obeliscaria pinnata (Vent.) Cass.
- Rudbeckia laevis Hoffmanns.
- Rudbeckia pinnata Vent.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 1,782 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: Even Dankowicz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Lexi Destria, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: florawhite, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peyton Phelps, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Mayfield from Chicago area, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Matthew Kramer, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: dlcfree, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Mrs. C, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Yann Kemper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, 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.