Echinacea purpurea

Common names: Purple Rudbeckia

Genus: Rudbeckia

Species: Rudbeckia purpurea

Class: Syngenesia

Order: Polygamia Frustranea

Authority: Linnaeus

Modern Genus: Echinacea

Modern Species: Echinacea purpurea

Modern Family: Asteraceae alt. Compositae

Plant Type: perennial

Color: red-purple

Season: summer autumn

Native Region: "A native of the warm cliates Carolina and Virginia." -NON_PREF_TERM-FAMILY-Asteraceae

Artist: S. Edwards