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Echinacea
Echinacea is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the daisy family. It has ten species, which are commonly called coneflowers. They are native only in eastern and central North America, where they grow in wet to dry prairies and open wooded areas. They have large, showy heads of composite flowers, blooming in summer. The generic name is derived from the Greek word (''), meaning "hedgehog", due to the spiny central disk. These flowering plants and their parts have different uses. Some species are cultivated in gardens for their showy flowers. Two of the species, E. tennesseensis and E

Echinacea purpurea
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Echinacea angustifolia
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Echinacea paradoxa
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Echinacea pallida
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Echinacea laevigata
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Echinacea atrorubens
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Echinacea tennesseensis
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Echinacea simulata
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Echinacea sanguinea
species of plant