Echinacea pallida

ClassificationDicots
FamilyAsteraceae
Family (Traditional)Asteraceae
GenusEchinacea
Species:Echinacea pallida (Nutt.) Nutt.
Common NamePale Purple Coneflower
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Sub-xeric; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Arrangement: basal; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: ciliate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Brown (incl. Maroon); Base Flower Color: Pink; Base Flower Color: Purple; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Cypsela; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: head; Inflorescence Types: pairs; Inflorescence Types: solitary; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Overall Flower Symmetry: Zygomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: N/A
C value 8
StatusNative; TN[S1] (State Rank); G4 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Brauneria pallida Brauneria pallida (Nutt.) Britton
Rudbeckia pallida Rudbeckia pallida Nutt.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Edmonson (KY), Hardin (KY), Logan (KY), Todd (KY), Coffee (TN), Montgomery (TN), Putnam (TN), Rutherford (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, HTTU, MEM, MTSU, TENN

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1962 - 1992

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
TENN-V-0228999 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Echinacea pallida
TENN-V-0229001 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Echinacea pallida
TENN-V-0229000 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Echinacea pallida
TENN-V-0228997 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Echinacea pallida
TENN-V-0228998 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Echinacea pallida
TENN-V-0229084 Logan Kentucky
TENN
Echinacea pallida
APSC0026753 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Echinacea pallida
APSC0026751 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Echinacea pallida
APSC0026755 Coffee Tennessee 24 Jun 1992 Milo Pyne with Dr. Hal DeSelm
92-092		 APSC
Echinacea pallida
HTTU008947 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Echinacea pallida
MTSU021555 Rutherford Tennessee 24 Jun 1971 T. Hemmerly
 MTSU
Echinacea pallida
MTSU021552 Rutherford Tennessee 24 Jun 1971 T. Hemmerly
 MTSU
Echinacea pallida
MTSU021550 Rutherford Tennessee 1980 Sara Robinson
4		 MTSU
Echinacea pallida
MTSU021542 Rutherford Tennessee 1983 John H. Rhee
4		 MTSU
Echinacea pallida
MTSU021556 Rutherford Tennessee 24 Jul 1971 T. Hemmerly
 MTSU
Echinacea pallida
MTSU021553 Rutherford Tennessee 24 Jun 1971 T. Hemmerly
 MTSU
Echinacea pallida
MTSU021538 Rutherford Tennessee June 1971 Tom Hemmerly
 MTSU
Echinacea pallida
MTSU021557 Rutherford Tennessee 24 Jun 1971 T. Hemmerly
 MTSU
Echinacea pallida
MTSU021547 Rutherford Tennessee 1996 William H. Butler Jr.
31		 MTSU
Echinacea pallida
MTSU021536 Rutherford Tennessee 1994 Terri Hogan
153-94		 MTSU
Echinacea pallida
MTSU021537 Rutherford Tennessee 1994 Terri Hogan
153-94		 MTSU
Echinacea pallida
MTSU021551 Rutherford Tennessee 1980 Mike Goodpasture
4		 MTSU
Echinacea pallida
MTSU021549 Rutherford Tennessee 1980 Debbie Reddinger
20		 MTSU
Echinacea pallida
MEM005614 Hardin Kentucky 28 Jun 1962 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
5463		 MEM
Echinacea pallida
MEM012044 Todd Kentucky 12 Jun 1976 Raymond Athey
3420		 MEM
Echinacea pallida
MEM010970 Edmonson Kentucky 07 Jul 1973 Jack Thompson
s.n.		 MEM
Echinacea pallida
MEM012113 Logan Kentucky 27 May 1976 Raymond Athey
3385		 MEM
Echinacea pallida
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