I live in Cheyenne, Wyoming-- and since we are on vacation, we have been up an area just around a couple hour's drive from here, maybe slightly longer. Anyway, I came home with a whole bunch of wildflowers, all in the aster family, which technically the purple coneflower is from, echinacea. I found a tall (around six feet high, I think) yellow coneflower- only one that I could take from a publc place, and multitudes of purple asters and ox-eye daisies, along with mint and red clover, more. I brought it all home and am drying it all for herbal purposes. --"Cheyenne Cin"
Purple aster, Yellow Coneflower, Ox-Eye Daisy
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Aster ascendens
Genus: Aster Species: ascendens Variety: Cultivar:Common name(s): Purple Aster .
 Yellow coneflower
(Ratibida pinnata) |
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Soil Moisture: |
Mesic (medium moisture) to Dry | ||||||
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Soil Type: |
Loam, Clay, Sand | ||||||
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Sun Exposure: |
Full to Partial Sun | ||||||
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Habitat: |
Prairies, Savannas | ||||||
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Height: |
3-6 ft. | ||||||
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Bloom: July-August
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NOW is the optimum time to collect your wildflower herbs to get you through the winter to next year. | ||||||
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