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§1 Plant

Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart

vernacular pinnate prairie coneflower — species · Asteraceae


USDA
RAPI
GBIF
3087184
Rank
species
pinnate prairie coneflower (Ratibida pinnata)
Platephotograph · no rights reservedCC0 · public domain source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Ratibida
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Native
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 624 counties across 27 states/territories
Legend Native · 624 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
High
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
High
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
None
CaCO₃
Low
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
100 min.
Precipitation
18–60 in/yr
pH range
5.6–6.8
Root depth
14 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
4 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Late Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Slow
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
427,500
Propagation
seed, container
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
Yes
Browse palatability
Medium
Graze palatability
Medium
Palatable, human
No
Protein potential
Low
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 624 counties across 27 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 11 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 20 N
Florida view state ↗ 2 N
Georgia view state ↗ 5 N
Illinois view state ↗ 85 N
Indiana view state ↗ 53 N
Iowa view state ↗ 41 N
Kansas view state ↗ 35 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 45 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 7 N
Massachusetts view state ↗ 2 N
Michigan view state ↗ 20 N
Minnesota view state ↗ 39 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 10 N
Missouri view state ↗ 93 N
Nebraska view state ↗ 14 N
New York view state ↗ 1 N
Ohio view state ↗ 45 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 10 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 2 N
South Dakota view state ↗ 8 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 27 N
Vermont view state ↗ 1 N
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 2 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 40 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/RAPI ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3087184 ↗

Record version

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