| Description | The green color found in the flower makes this a unique Cone Flower cultivars. |
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| Pronunciation | (eh-kin-AA-cee-ah)(pur-pur-EE-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Perennials Hardy |
| Hardiness Zone | (4)5-8 |
| Sunlight | best in full, mostly sunny, light shade |
| Moisture | average, tolerates drier conditions once established |
| Soil & Site | average, tolerates drier conditions once established, dislikes wet winter soils |
| Flowers | dark cone with a green center, petals (ray flowers) pink toward the cone, changing to lime-green toward the tip, the amount of green varies with the age of the flower, the younger flowers seem to have more green and it changes to the normal purple color of the cone flowers |
| Fruit | achenes in the dried center disk |
| Leaves | coarse, most at base of plant, some on stem but smaller |
| Stems | stout with short bristly hairs |
| Dimensions | 30-36 inches tall, 18-24 inch spread, plant 18 inches on center, upright |
| Maintenance | may reseed in the garden, many times reseeded plants will not be the same as parents, cut back stout stem in fall or leave for winter interest |
| Propagation | seeds (many not come true from seeds), division |
| Cultivar Origin | Discovered by gardener Mark Veeder. |
| Misc Facts | Echinacea from the Greek term for hedgehog, referring to the spiky appearance of the flower head. |
| Author's Notes | This plant is a real chameleon. Changing colors as it matures. Could be called a "weird but lovable" plant. |
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