PLANTS Profile for Ratibida columnifera (upright prairie coneflower)

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PLANTS Profile

Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl.
upright prairie coneflower

Symbol:

RACO3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl.

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Synonyms:
Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl.

	LECO48	Lepachys columnaris (Pursh) Torr. & A. Gray
	LECO13	Lepachys columnifera (Nutt.) J.F. Macbr.
	RACO7	Ratibida columnaris (Pursh) D. Don
	RACOP	Ratibida columnaris (Pursh) D. Don var. pulcherrima (DC.) D. Don
	RUCO23	Rudbeckia columnaris Pursh, non Sims
	RUCO24	Rudbeckia columnifera Nutt.

Distribution:
Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl.


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USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, WI, WV, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, ON, SK)

Related Taxa:
Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 4 species in Ratibida

Classification:
Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Ratibida Raf. – prairie coneflower
Species	Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl. – upright prairie coneflower

Wildlife Habitat Values:
Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt	Low						Low

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

More Accounts and Images:
Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38341.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

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