prairie- gray headed- yellow cone flower
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The prairie cone flower has yellow leaves hanging down from the cone.The coneflower is located in the center of the plant. The seeds are located in the cone.
They can be found in Northern Mexico,Illinois,South America,and Iowa.
This is the seedling. The seedling can get up to 6-7 inches.
http://grownative.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/p_purple_cflower_seedling.jpg
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The flower is untroubled by pest and disease. It need's water use. It also needs sun. Moist conditions or dry
Here is the prairie coneflower. It is a beautiful plant and you would love to learn more about all of it's colors and more! The bloom period is June to July. They call it the prairie coneflower cause of how it's leaves droop down. It's seeds get eaten by songbirds. The plant really likes the full sun of light cause it needs all of the sunlight to grow. There are more coneflower names. The common name is The Yellow Prairie Coneflower. It is the top ten most beautiful plant in the prairie. The seeds are black and brown color. The seeds grow really slow. It takes almost 1 to 2 years to grow. It has tap roots. caution: It grows agressivly and may push out weaker plants. Stratify at 40 degrees ferinheight.
http://www.google.com/search?q=the+seedling+of+the+prairie+coneflower&safe=active&client=firefox-a&hs=tFM&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=fflb&source=lnms&tbm=isch&3GkrLEBBWfM%253A%3B55w5yDcxjoxm6M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fgrownative.org%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2012%252F11%252Fp_purple_cflower_seedling.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fgrownative.org%252Fnative-plant-info%252Fseedling-identification%252Fpale-purple-
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The cone flowers scientific (latin) name is ratibida pinnata
other names are, yellow headed cone flower also gray headed cone flower.
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coneflower.htm
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Comments (21)
Kekane said
at 9:19 am on Jan 17, 2014
some one add a pic when u get on
Kekane said
at 9:20 am on Jan 17, 2014
what colors should we do for now it just red and black
Kerdman said
at 9:47 am on Jan 17, 2014
we should do bright blue a lime green.
Kerdman said
at 10:02 am on Jan 17, 2014
never mind i found dark blue and light blue
Kekane said
at 12:46 pm on Jan 18, 2014
kk i like it so what should we put next on it
Kekane said
at 8:40 am on Jan 22, 2014
ill put the seedling on
Kekane said
at 8:55 am on Jan 22, 2014
whats going on theres nothing new on the page can u guys put some ifo about the seedling by the pic
Kerdman said
at 9:17 am on Jan 22, 2014
i will
brmartin said
at 7:51 am on Jan 24, 2014
sorry
Kekane said
at 9:17 am on Jan 24, 2014
sorry for what @bemartian
Kekane said
at 9:19 am on Jan 24, 2014
dont put it use the name
Kerdman said
at 10:11 am on Jan 24, 2014
what does he mean i put some text under the pic a lot of info
brmartin said
at 7:46 am on Jan 30, 2014
The seedling picture at the top says the source is our web-page. Where did this original picture come from? Other wise we need to change it, said Mr. Monteith
Kerdman said
at 9:56 am on Jan 30, 2014
i got it done for the sorce of the seedling
Kekane said
at 9:00 am on Jan 30, 2014
thats wierd
Kekane said
at 9:11 am on Jan 30, 2014
can you put some more info about the seedling
Kerdman said
at 9:49 am on Jan 30, 2014
i put a lot of rainbow colors for the words. take a look and respond back of what you think.
Kerdman said
at 9:57 am on Jan 30, 2014
i got it done for the sorce of the seedling
Cleistikow said
at 10:06 am on Jan 30, 2014
why is it so colorful
crochford said
at 10:10 am on Jan 30, 2014
colorful:) (not to be mean)
emrosonke said
at 10:10 am on Jan 30, 2014
I like all of the colors!!!!!!!!!
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