Bloom from May to August. Zones 4-8 E. paradoxa var. This is the odd ball of the group with yellow flowers. This plant is from the Ozark Mountains of Kansas and Arkansas to Missouri and north Texas. It grows in a very narrow habitat restricted in the wild to dry prairie knobs.
Plants are upright growing with large showy yellow flowers.
Highly recommended for prairie and border plantings. E. paradoxa var. Plants are confused with E. pallida. This is the garden purple cone flower. Native from Virginia to Iowa south to Georgia and Louisiana.