E. angustifolia is not much used in the garden but should make a nice addition to the wild meadow or grassland. Used also for medicinal purposes too. This plant is like E. angustifolia except that it is larger growing up to 3-4 feet tall in size and 24 inches wide. This plant is native from central to south central U.S. from Minnesota to Montana to Texas. It has the same long hanging petals that are 2-4 cm long and pink to pale purple in color.
Leaves are almost linear to lanceolate.
This plant is great for the naturalizing or the sunny border, it is showy and different. It looks good in a vase and growing in the border, were the flowering stalk rises above any foliage. Plants are found in dry prairies and dry rock outcroppings and thickets. Bloom from May to August. Zones 4-8 E. paradoxa var.