Kansas Native Plants • Landscaping

Gray-headed Coneflower | Ratibida pinnata

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Seeds are sold by the packet.

Seed orders are shipped when order is received.

Each packet of Gray-headed Coneflower contains 500 seeds.

Price: Seed $ 2.50

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Plants are grown in commercial potting soil in round pots that are 2.5" in diameter and 5" in depth. The plants are started outdoors and transplanted into pots.

Plants are only available for pickup in Topeka, KS by appointment. I do not ship potted plants.

Price: Pot $ 3.75

Plant Species Synonym Names

Family

Aster - Asteraceae

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Description

An excellent wildflower for the garden. Has a long blooming period. An added bonus is the seed heads smell like anise.

Characteristics

Growth Habit:Herb: broad-leaved, herbaceous (non-woody) plant; wildflowers and forbs
Grass: grass-like plants; graminoids
Tree: woody with usually a single trunk, tall
Shrub: woody multi-stemmed plants, low growing
Vine: a woody or herbaceous plant that climbs or sprawls
Herb

Life Span:Annual: herbaceous; lives only one year
Biennial: herbaceous; lives two years, flowering the second
Perennial: herbaceous; lives three or more years
Woody: woody; stems that grow more than a year
Perennial

Mature Height: 4.0'

Mature Width: 3.0'

Flower Color: Yellow

Sun Requirement:Full Sun: direct sun 8 or more hours of the day
Part Sun: direct sun 4 to 8 hours of the day; about half a day of sun
Shade: direct sun 0 to 4 hours of the day
Full Sun to Part Sun

Water Requirement:Wet: Soil is soggy or marshy
Moist: Soil tends to stay moist and rarely dries out
Medium: Average soil moisture, little or now slope
Drained: Soil is well drained, never soggy; medium slope
Dry: Soil is dry, often typical of rocky soil; steep slope
Moist to Drained

Companion Plants

Canada Milkvetch
Astragalus canadensis

Mint-leaf Beebalm
Monarda fistulosa

Woolly Verbena
Verbena stricta