Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
other common names: drooping coneflower, gray coneflower, prairie coneflower (also applied to R. columnifera), weary Susan, grayhead coneflower
Ratibida: The origin of this name is not clear
Pinnata: from Latin, meaning “featherlike”
Daisy family: Asteraceae (Compositae)
Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition
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