Smooth coneflower at a powerline right-of-way

A single flower against green grass in the background. The flower has a tall dark red center and long, droopy, pink-purpulish petals.

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Smooth coneflower is a composite, a cluster of flowers grouped together to form a single flower-like structure. Each single flower is referred to as a floret. The combined cluster is referred to as inflorescence.

Photo by: Caroline S. Krom, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, June 6, 2017 at a power-line right of way in Granville County, NC

Facility

Eastern North Carolina Ecological Services

Ecosystem

Prairie

Species

Echinacea laevigata

Staff

Dale Suiter

Subject tags

Endangered and/or Threatened species

Flowering plants

Wildflowers

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