Pictures from Staffanson, Echinacea gets scraped

Heliopsis helianthoides – Sunflower

Phlox pilosa – Prairie Phlox

Echinacea angustifolia – narrow-leaved purple coneflower (before flowering)

This Echinacea (#11432) got creamed by a road grating truck. It had at least two heads and more than forty-five basal leaves. Being a taproot, it’ll likely grow back at some point, but if cars keep driving over it, who knows.