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Scientific classification
Genus:	Echinacea
Species:	paradoxa
Synonyms
Brauneria paradoxa Norton Echinacea atrorubens var. paradoxa (Norton) Cronquist Echinacea atrorubens var. neglecta (McGregor) Binns, B.R.Baum & Arnason, syn of var. neglecta

Echinacea paradoxa, the yellow coneflower or Bush's purple coneflower, is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to southern Missouri, Arkansas, and south-central Oklahoma, with one isolated population reported from Montgomery County in eastern Texas. It is listed as threatened in Arkansas.

Echinacea paradoxa is a perennial herb up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall. One plant can produce several flower heads, each with white, pink, or yellow ray florets and pink or yellow disc florets.

Varieties

Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa - yellow rays - Arkansas and Missouri
Echinacea paradoxavar.neglecta - pink or white rays Oklahoma and Texas

Echinacea paradoxa var. paradoxa has a baseline chromosome number of x = 11, like most Echinacea plants.

Gallery

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Flower
Flower from above
Flower and a bee
Flower closeup with a bee

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