| Common Name | Yellow Coneflower/ Gray-headed Coneflower |
| Scientific Name | Ratibida pinnata |
| Height | 3-5' tall |
| Sun/Shade | Sun |
| Bloom Season | July - September |
| Bloom Color | Yellow ray flowers, centers go from gray to purplish-brown to dark gray |
| Soil | Best in moist or dry - not heavy, wet. |
| Disease Susceptibility | |
| Propagation | Blooms in second year. Long lasting blooms. Very easy from moist stratified
seed
http://nativeplants.for.uidaho.edu/network/view.asp?protocol_id=280 |
| Notes | Avoid crowding. Good for novice gardener. Very aggressive, binds soil. |
| Prairie Nursery | Heartland Restoration | Enders | Taylor Creek | Possibility Place | |
| Costs
from Spring 2001 catalog |
3" Pot
1-3 $3.95ea. 4-11 $2.95ea. 12-31 $2.75ea. 32-63 $2.25ea. 64-95 $1.95ea. 96+ $1.75 ea. 27,000 seeds/oz
|
8.00/oz,
110.00/lb |
Native plant retail prices:
½ pint - 2.35, pint - 3.40, quart - 4.75, ½ gallon - 5.95, gallon - 7.50 & up. |
5.75/oz
1.25/plant |
Flat of 32 - $37.00
2" plug - $2.25 each gallons - $4.75 |
Information on Ratibida pinnata:
- USDA's PLANTS database. Plant Profile: http://plants.usda.gov/plants/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=fact_sheet.cgi
- Wisconsin State Herbarium - http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/herbarium/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=RATPIN
- List of Roadside Native Plants for Illinois - http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~kenr/prairietable1.html
- Landscaping with Plants Native to Indiana. (pamphlet). November 1999.
- Cullina, Willaim. The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to
Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 2000.