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Yellow Coneflower
Yellow Coneflower
Echinacea paradoxa
Plantae
G3

Stats

Lifespan
10-20 yrs
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Spines
Status
G3

About

Yellow Coneflower, native to southern Missouri, Arkansas, and south-central Oklahoma, is a flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is threatened in Arkansas.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Echinacea
Species
Echinacea paradoxa