| Accepted name: |
Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench |
| Synonym(s): |
-Brauneria purpurea Britton
-Rudbeckia purpurea L.
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| English names: |
Purple Coneflower
Black Sampson
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
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| OPL Code: |
HECHPU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
The fresh herbage and roots have used medicinally; they contain large, highly active polysaccharide molecules that possess immunostimulatory properties, and also exhibit anti-inflammatory activity(1). |
| Key Characters: |
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