{"id":8694,"date":"2018-08-10T23:31:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-11T05:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/?p=8694"},"modified":"2018-08-11T01:12:08","modified_gmt":"2018-08-11T07:12:08","slug":"prairie-coneflower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melacey.com\/blog\/carousel\/prairie-coneflower\/","title":{"rendered":"Prairie Coneflower"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"696\" class=\"ngg-singlepic ngg-none\" alt=\"Prairie Coneflower\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/melacey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/florawords\/PrairieConeflowerWordImagew.jpg?resize=600%2C696\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asteraceae, <em>Ratibida columnifera<\/em>, prairie coneflower, Upright Prairie Coneflower, S4, N5, G5, Native<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Common Name:<\/strong> Prairie Coneflower<br \/>\n<strong>Scientific name:<\/strong> <em>Ratibida columnifera<\/em> (Nutt.) Woot. &amp; Standl.<br \/>\n<strong>Family:<\/strong> Asteraceae (Compositae) Aster\/Sunflower Family<br \/>\n<strong>Other names:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>columnar prairie coneflower<\/li>\n<li>long headed coneflower<\/li>\n<li>Mexican hat<\/li>\n<li>red-spike Mexican-hat<\/li>\n<li>upright prairie coneflower<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>General<\/strong><br \/>\nPerennial, stems 1 to several in a cluster, erect, 20-50 cm (8-20 in) tall, from a stout taproot, rough, stiff hairy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leaf<\/strong><br \/>\nLeaves alternate, 5-15 cm (2-6 in) long, deeply pinnately lobed or compound, the lobes or divisions narrowly lanceolate to linear, sometimes 2-3 cleft, loosely hairy, glandular-pitted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Flower<\/strong><br \/>\nFlower heads usually single at tips of long peduncles, radiate, with 4-6 yellow, occasionally dark purplish or chocolate brown, ovate, reflexed ray florets 15-25 mm (0.6-1) in long, central disk or receptacle cylindric, 1-4 cm high, about 1 cm (0.4 in) across, disk florets dark brownish to purplish. Ray florets rarely absent. flowering occurs from July to September.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fruit<\/strong><br \/>\nFruit a cylindrical head of flattened, grayish achenes, each with a pappus of 1-2 teeth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Habitat<\/strong><br \/>\nDry prairie grassland, slopes, on disturbed areas such as roadsides and wasteland.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Range<\/strong><br \/>\nNative. Southeastern British Columbia to Manitoba, introduced in Ontario, south to California and Texas. Found in the grasslands and parklands of southern and central Alberta.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recognition<\/strong><br \/>\nA perennial herb with several coarsely hairy, stiff, leafy stems up to 50 cm tall. The alternate, hairy, leaves, 5-15 cm (2-6 in) long, are pinnately divided into linear to lanceolate segments or lobes, these sometimes subdivided. The flower heads consist of a cylindrical column 1-4 cm (0.4-1.6 in) high with dark gray to yellowish-brown disk florets and 4-6 ovate, un-notched, often drooping, yellow ray florets 15-25 mm (0.6-1 in) long. A genetic variant with chocolate- or purplish-brown ray florets occasionally occurs with the normal plants.<\/p>\n<p>The hairy, pinnately lobed or divided leaves, yellow flowers with tall, dark columnar centers and reflexed yellow ray florets 15-25 mm (0.6-1 in) long are distinctive. Gaillardia (Gaillardia aristata) is somewhat similar but has notched petals and a hemispherical central disk.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comments<\/strong><br \/>\nPrairie coneflower was first described as <em>Rudbeckia columnifera<\/em> by Thomas Nuttall in 1813. It was moved to the genus <em>Ratibida<\/em> in 1915 by E. O. Wooton and P. C. Standley.<\/p>\n<p>The derivation of the species name is unknown. The species name is derived from the Latin <em>columna<\/em> (column), referring to the columnar central disk of the flower head.<\/p>\n<p>The genus <em>Ratibida<\/em> includes 4 or 5 species of North America and Mexico. One species occurs in Alberta.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common Name: Prairie Coneflower Scientific name: Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. &amp; Standl. 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