Minnesota Seasons - gray-headed coneflower


gray-headed coneflower				More photos…
Ratibida pinnata

Taxonomy	Family:	Asteraceae (aster)
	Subfamily:	Asteroideae
	Supertribe:	Helianthodae
	Tribe:	Heliantheae (sunflower)

Nativity	Native
Status
Habitat	Dry to wet. Prairies, woodland openings. Full sun.
Flowering	June to August
Flower Color	Yellow ray florets, light green or gray head, dark brown disk florets
Height	18″ to 48″

Identification

Similar Species	This is the only yellow coneflower in Minnesota with pinnately compound (not pinnately lobed) leaves.

Range			Sources: 2, 3, 5, 7.

Sightings	Afton State Park Bonanza Prairie SNA Cedar Mountain SNA Cottonwood River Prairie SNA Crow-Hassan Park Reserve Des Moines River Prairie SNA Elm Creek Park Reserve Flandrau State Park Fort Ridgely State Park Frontenac State Park Kasota Prairie SNA Lake Bronson State Park Lake Rebecca Park Reserve Lost Valley Prairie SNA Louisville Swamp			Myre-Big Island State Park Oronoco Prairie SNA Osmundson Prairie SNA Pine Bend Bluffs SNA Racine Prairie SNA Regal Meadow River Terrace Prairie SNA Rock Ridge Prairie SNA Sibley State Park Staffanson Prairie Strandness Prairie Wild Indigo Prairie SNA

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Synonyms	Rudbeckia pinnata

Common Names	drooping prairie-coneflower globular coneflower gray-head prairie-coneflower gray-headed coneflower pinnate prairie coneflower pinnate-leaf prairie-coneflower prairie coneflower yellow coneflower