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Echinacea purpurea cv.
Echinacea
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae |
| Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients |
| Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms |
| Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves |
| Subclass | Asteridae | A large class that encompasses asters |
| Order | Asterales | Flowering plants with a central disk flower and surrounding petals, like daisies |
| Family | Asteraceae | The aster family, which also includes daisies and sunflowers; from the Greek ἀστήρ, “star,” for the star-shaped flowers |
| Genus | Echinacea | From the Greek word echinos (Εχίνος),
”hedgehog,” because the central disk flower has the spiny look of a hedgehog |
| Species | purpurea | |
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7/18/2019 · Oceanview, Falmouth, Maine
≈ 6 × 4" (14 × 11 cm) 
7/18/2019 · Oceanview, Falmouth, Maine
≈ 4 × 5" (10 × 13 cm)
Echinacea purpurea cv. description by Thomas H. Kent, last updated 15 Jul 2020.
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7/18/2019 · Oceanview, Falmouth, Maine
≈ 6 × 4" (16 × 11 cm)
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