Echinacea Angustifolia Seeds
 
Also known as Purple Coneflower. A very attractive large flower with purplish-pink rays, on long sturdy stems, good cut flower. The ray flowers of E. angustifolia are mostly spreading rather than drooping. Leaves are narrow or lance-shaped and lack teeth along the edges.
 
Uses: Revered as a blood purifier and immune system stimulant. Roots are harvested from mature plants in fall and cleaned and dried or prepared fresh as an infusion, tincture, or glycerite.
 
Dried cones are great in arrangements and crafts.