Visitor Up Close Coneflower
by Reid Callaway
Title
Visitor Up Close Coneflower
Artist
Reid Callaway
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Visitor Up Close......by Reid Callaway
Echinacea purpurea (eastern purple coneflower or purple coneflower) is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family.] It is native to eastern North America and present to some extent in the wild in much of the eastern, southeastern and midwestern United States as well as in the Canadian Province of Ontario. It is most common in the Ozarks and in the Mississippi/Ohio Valley
Echinacea purpurea is an herbaceous perennial up to 120 cm (47 in) tall by 25 cm (10 in) wide at maturity. Depending on the climate, it blooms throughout spring to late summer. Its cone-shaped flowering heads are usually, but not always, purple in the wild. Its individual flowers (florets) within the flower head are hermaphroditic, having both male and female organs in each flower. It is pollinated by butterflies and bees. Its habitats include dry open woods, prairies and barrens, as well as in cultivated beds. Although the plant prefers loamy or sandy, well-drained soils, it is little affected by the soil's pH.
Medicinal properties
One study shows E. purpurea has antidepressant properties in white rats as it increased the stimulating action of L-DOPA. Echinacea is believed by many people to stimulate the immune system. In indigenous medicine of the native American Indians, the plant is used externally for wounds, burns, and insect bites, chewing of roots for toothache and throat infections; internal application is used for pain, cough, stomach cramps and snake bites.
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March 3rd, 2016
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Reid Callaway
Thank you Jeff Swan for featuring my artwork in our group... Pleasing The Eye! 8/8/2017
Reid Callaway
Also, thank you Beth for enjoying my artwork and making this image one of your personal Favorites!
Reid Callaway
Thank you Beth Vesseur for featuring my artwork in our group.... All Natural Beauty of this World! 8/9/2017
Reid Callaway
Thank you Evgeniya Lystsova for appreciating my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites!
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Thank you MaryLee Parker for appreciating my artwork and for making this image one of your personal Favorites!
Reid Callaway
Thanks so much Mariola Bitner featuring my artwork in our group...BUGs, BUGs and more BUGs! 3/16/2016
Reid Callaway
Thank you Donna Kennedy for your kind words and for making this image one of your personal Favorites!
Reid Callaway
Thanks so much Carol Duarte for featuring my artwork in our group....FAA Featured Images! 3/3/2016