Narrowleaf Coneflower
Echinacea angustifolia
The true plains coneflower, shorter than its garden cousins with narrow, drooping pale-pink rays. Legendary in Plains Indian medicine and tough as nails.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.75–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- CO, IA, KS, LA, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WY
Related native plants
More Echinacea species
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
- Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)
- Sanguine Coneflower (Echinacea sanguinea)
- Yellow Coneflower (Echinacea paradoxa)