purple coneflower
noun
: any of a North American genus (Echinacea, especially E. purpurea) of coarse perennial composite herbs with thick rough leaves and long-stalked flower heads having purplish-brown cone-shaped disks and usually pink to purplish rays
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Use coneflowers as fillers or thrillers to draw attention to fall planters or pair purple coneflowers with plants with yellow or orange blooms for an enchanting autumn display.
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2024
Fifty varieties of plants are available for purchase, including four milkweed varieties, several grasses, native purple coneflower, cardinal flower, great blue lobelia, meadow blazing star, New England aster, prairie smoke, wild columbine and wild lupine.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
Behind him, in the center of the circle, Brandon Fountain knelt to look into a cluster of purple coneflowers.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
There’s a great birch, Virginia creeper, purple coneflowers.
—Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
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Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Sep. 2024
Fifty varieties of plants are available for purchase, including four milkweed varieties, several grasses, native purple coneflower, cardinal flower, great blue lobelia, meadow blazing star, New England aster, prairie smoke, wild columbine and wild lupine.
—Elaine Rewolinski, Journal Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2024
Behind him, in the center of the circle, Brandon Fountain knelt to look into a cluster of purple coneflowers.
—Gregory S. Schneider, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
There’s a great birch, Virginia creeper, purple coneflowers.
—Tammy Lagorce, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2023
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purple coneflower
noun
purple cone·flow·er
-ˈkōn-ˌflau̇(-ə)r 
: any of three composite herbs (Echinacea purpurea, E. pallida, and E. angustifolia) which have usually reddish purple to pale pink ray flowers and whose various parts (as the dried rhizome, stems, or leaves) are used in the preparation of the dietary supplement echinacea
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