
Yellow Coneflower
- Botanical Name
- Echinacea paradoxa
- Min Zone
- 3
- Max Zone
- 9
- Height
- 2 to 3 feet
- Width
- 12 to 18 inches
- Flowers
- Early summer: yellow petals surrounding a brown cone
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil
- Medium to dry, well-drained
- Planting & Care
- May self seed
- Because of its taproot, yellow coneflower may be difficult to transplant. Moving of plant is better attempted when dormant in early spring or late fall.
- Works well planted en masse in a native garden, prairie or naturalized area
- Goldfinches and other birds relish the seeds
- Attracts a number of bees and butterflies
- Often confused with or mistaken for Ratibida pinnata, which goes by the common names gray headed coneflower and yellow coneflower
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