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Seed Study - Echinacea angustifolia
Echinacea angustifolia - Purple Coneflower

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Echinacea angustifolia - Purple Coneflower

Species: Echinacea angustifolia
Common name: purple coneflower

Seedling Identification: Cotyledons are bean-like and smooth. The first true leaf emerges alone, is long, narrow, moderately to densely hairy and has an entire margin.

 

Echinacea angustifolia – purple coneflower
Average number of good seeds per gram bulk matter: 55
Average number of good seeds per gram cleaned: 346
Commercial estimates of seeds per gram: 254
Percent seed: 66
Percent live: n.m.
Collection dates: August 23, 25 and 30; September 1, 2, and 23
Collection effort: 107 grams in 4 person hours
Collection notes: Abundant, obvious and easy to collect
Cleaning notes: Cleaning it isn't easy, because seed is fairly persistent to the seed head which has sharp points on it. Bulk seed measurement was off stalks but with a lot of bracts. Clean seed was hard seed only.
Littleleaf Pussytoes  

Did You Know?
Littleleaf pussytoes can vary in color by elevation. Generally at higher elevations the plant has deeply pink bracts. At lower elevations they are more commonly white.
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Last Updated: September 14, 2007 at 11:08 EST