Tennessee Coneflower
Echinacea tennesseensis
A compact coneflower endemic to the cedar glades of middle Tennessee, distinguished by narrow rose-pink rays that angle upward rather than drooping, and by heads that face the sunrise. Listed as federally endangered in 1979 and delisted as recovered in 2011 — one of the Endangered Species Act's clearest successes, and now readily available from nurseries. Wants lean, dry, alkaline soil.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1.5–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- orange, purple
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing, container
- Native states
- TN
Related native plants
More Echinacea species
- Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
- Pale Purple Coneflower (Echinacea pallida)
- Narrowleaf Coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia)
- Sanguine Coneflower (Echinacea sanguinea)
- Yellow Coneflower (Echinacea paradoxa)