Purple Coneflower (Echinacea Purpurea)

Author: Zandra Nightmoon

Echinacea is a natural antibiotic and also an immune systen stimulator. If drinken in a tea it can ward off colds, flu, and infection. For magic, it can be used as an offering for the God and the Goddess to strengthen a spell or ritual.

Suggested Pdf Resources

EASTERN PURPLE CONEFLOWER: Ethnobotanic: Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) was and still is a widely used medicinal plant of the Plains Indians.; plants.usda.gov

Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower (Asteraceae): Echinacea purpurea - Purple Coneflower (Asteraceae). ---------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------.; plantfacts.osu.edu

Echinacea purpurea - Growing For You: Purple Coneflower. Fact Sheet FPS-192. October, 1999.; www.growingforyou.com

MF2624 Purple Coneflower: bronchitis, fevers, colds, urinary tract. Purple Coneflower. Echinacea purpurea infections, mouth and pharynx inflamma- tion, infection and for wounds and burns .; www.ksre.ksu.edu

FS 731 layout: The purple coneflower, Echinacea purpurea. L., is a member of the aster family,.; extension.umd.edu

Suggested News Resources

Echinaforce® Boosts Immunity: EDINBURGH, Scotland—Echinacea purpurea, also called purple coneflower, is regarded as an immune modulator.

Deadheading perennials for a second bloom: Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). Reblooms even without deadheading; cut early blooms to a side shoot to keep later flowers large. Leave some seedheads for bird food unless reseeding is not desired.

Richey: Echinacea plant the original snake oil medicine: Historians suspect Echinacea was the original snake oil medicine, based on the widely known use of the purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia) as a remedy for venomous snake bites among Native American tribes and early American settlers.

Paint Gardens With Coneflowers: inches tall such as 'Big Sky After Midnight' or 'Little Annie'. The hitch? Nectar and flower types of new Echinacea may be less pollinator-attractive.

Terra Nova Nursery's Dan Heims with one of his favorite new Echinacea: He gave me the backstory: First gardeners were growing Echinacea purpurea and E. angustifolia, the two pretty purple or sometimes white species most commonly used in medicine.

Suggested Web Resources

Echinacea purpurea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Echinacea purpurea (Eastern purple coneflower or Purple coneflower) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Echinacea.; en.wikipedia.org

Echinacea purpurea (Eastern purple coneflower) | NPIN: Apr 18, 2009 Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench. Eastern purple coneflower, Purple coneflower.; www.wildflower.org

PLANTS Profile for Echinacea purpurea (eastern purple coneflower: A PLANTS profile of Echinacea purpurea (eastern purple coneflower) from the USDA PLANTS database.; plants.usda.gov

Echinacea purpurea Purple Cone Flower, Baby White Cone Flower: Echinacea purpurea Purple Cone Flower is one of the six plants chosen to be in our Butterfly Herb Garden.; www.mountainvalleygrowers.com