Ohio Native Plant Natural Range
To view the natural range of Echinacea purpurea visit the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service website.
Native Plant of the Year - LEAP (Lake Erie Allegheny Partnership for Biodiversity) - Native Plant of the Year 2017
Wildlife Significance Purple Coneflower
Nectar Source - For wasps, butterflies: Swallowtail, Viceroy, Monarchs, sulfurs, grass skippers, fritillaries numerous bees including bumblebees, sweat bee and sunflower leafcutter bees, flies, and beetles
Pollen Source - Bees, flies and beetles
Host plant - For the Pearl Crescent butterfly, various checkerspots as well as 12 other butterflies.
Oligolectic Bees - are bees that are very particular as to what plant family they gather their nectar and pollen. Purple Coneflower is such a plant for the Andrena helianthiformis. Andrea - Mining Bees
For detailed information, visit the Illinois Wildflower site
Pollen Source - Bees, flies and beetles
Host plant - For the Pearl Crescent butterfly, various checkerspots as well as 12 other butterflies.
Oligolectic Bees - are bees that are very particular as to what plant family they gather their nectar and pollen. Purple Coneflower is such a plant for the Andrena helianthiformis. Andrea - Mining Bees
For detailed information, visit the Illinois Wildflower site