Ratibida pinnata
Gray-head Coneflower
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Blooms profusely all summer with large yellow flowers that have drooping petals. The flowers surround a brown seedhead that birds eat from if plants are left standing. It is good for erosion control, looks well in masses or prairie plantings and will self-seed.
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USDA Hardiness Zone 3-7
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Good Companions
Pale Purple Coneflower
(Echinacea pallida),
Prairie Blazing Star
(Liatris pycnostachya),
Rattlesnake Master
(Eryngium yuccifolium),
Slender Mountain Mint
(Pycnanthemum tenuifolium (flexuosum)),
Compass Plant
(Silphium laciniatum),
Indian Grass
(Sorghastrum nutans),
Big Bluestem
(Andropogon gerardi)
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