Echinacea angustifolia Dc.

Plants to 70 cm (roots usually fusiform, ± branched). Herbage moderately to densely hairy (induments relatively harsh, hairs spreading, ca. 1–2 mm). Stems mostly green to purplish. Basal leaves: petioles 2–12 cm; blades (1-), 3-, or (5-)nerved, elliptic to lanceolate, 7–30 × 0.5–2.5(–4) cm, bases cuneate to attenuate, margins entire (usually ciliate). Peduncles 10–30 cm. Phyllaries lanceolate to ovate, 6–12 × 1–2.5 mm. Receptacles: paleae 9–14 mm, tips purple, straight, sharp-pointed. Ray corollas pink to purplish, laminae reflexed, 15–40 × 5–8 mm, sparsely hairy abaxially. Discs conic to hemispheric, 15–30 × 20–35 mm. Disc corollas 5–7+ mm, lobes usually purple. Cypselae often bicolored, tan proximally, dark brown banded distally, 4–5 mm, faces ± smooth, usually glabrous; pappi to ca. 1 mm (major teeth 0–4). 2n = 22, 44.

It is a temperate plant. They grow in the prairie region in the USA. It needs a deep rich loam. It does best in an open sunny position. It is resistant to frost and sensitive to drought. In Hobart Botanical Gardens.

The leaves are used to make a drink by boiling.

Plants can be grown from seed or division.