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Plants
Drooping purple rays around a bristly copper cone, standing into winter.
Field facts
HabitatPrairie remnants, glades, plantings
RangeStatewide, native in the south
When to lookJune to August
StatusSecure; wild-dug for herbal trade (Indiana DNR / IUCN Red List)
Look-alikesPale Purple Coneflower, Garden echinaceas
Field note: Its stiff cone stays intact through snow, marking the prairie in January.
Lesson
Watching responsibly
Leave seed heads standing — goldfinches feed on them all winter.
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