Family and genus of Echinacea

Echinacea is a perennial herb of Echinacea in Compositae

Another name for Echinacea

Echinacea is also called Echinacea, echinacea and Echinacea

Origin of Echinacea

It is mainly distributed in North America and cultivated all over the world

China is mainly distributed in Shanxi, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Qinghai, Gansu, Xinjiang (Shanshan), etc

Echinacea grows in hillsides, hills, plains, farmland, wasteland and other terrain. It is distributed in Central Asia, Siberia, Mongolia and Iran

Morphological characteristics of Echinacea

The plant height of Echinacea is 50-150 cm. The whole plant has coarse hair and upright stems

The basal leaves are ovate or triangular, the stem leaves are ovate lanceolate, the head inflorescence is solitary at the top of the branch, the flowers are relatively large, the diameter of the Corolla is between 8-13 cm, the central part of the protrusion is spherical, the tubular flower on the ball is orange yellow, and the periphery is tongue shaped petals, including red, pink, multicolor and white

The flowering period of Echinacea is from June to July, and the seeds mature in late October. The outer skin is relatively hard and light brown