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Purple Coneflower
Date: July 21, 2005
Photographer: Jenna Tune
Common Name: Purple coneflower
Scientific Name: Echinacea purpurea
Purple coneflower is a Missouri native plant which occurs in rocky open woods and prairies throughout the State. (Plant info from http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/alpha.asp.)
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