Grey-headed coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)

Grey-headed coneflower, a reference photo — Photo: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 (licence)

Ratibida pinnata is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names pinnate prairie coneflower, gray-head coneflower, yellow coneflower, and prairie coneflower. It is native to the central and eastern United States and Ontario in Canada.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Grey-headed coneflower being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Rudbeckia grandiflora

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ratibida
Species: Ratibida pinnata

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