Yellow Coneflower
Echinacea paradoxa
The 'paradox' coneflower, the only Echinacea with yellow rather than purple rays, drooping golden petals around a dark cone. A tough Ozark glade native and a pollinator favorite.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AR, MO, OK, TX
Related native plants
More Echinacea species
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
- Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)
- Narrowleaf Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia)
- Sanguine Coneflower (Echinacea sanguinea)