Black Sampson

Echinacea angustifolia

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Botanical name
Echinacea angustifolia
Also known as
Black Sampson, Black-Sampson Echinacea, Black-Samson Echinacea, Echinacea, Narrow-Leaf Echinacea, Narrow-Leaf Purple-Coneflower, Narrow-Leaf-Coneflower, Narrow-Leaved Purple Coneflower, Prairie Purple Coneflower
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Echinacea
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Black Sampson

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Echinacea angustifolia but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Echinacea angustifolia var. strigosa Echinacea pallida var. strigosa

Others in Echinacea

Echinacea pallida
Pale Echinacea
Echinacea paradoxa var. neglecta
Echinacea purpurea
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea atrorubens
Topeka Purple-Coneflower
Echinacea laevigata
Smooth Coneflower
Echinacea paradoxa
Bush's Purple-Coneflower
Echinacea sanguinea
Sanguine Purple-Coneflower
Echinacea serotina

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