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Purple Coneflower ~ Echinacea

There are 40 plants in blossom on May the 25th.
Blue Toadflax Linaria canadensis blossoms between May 23 and Jun 17
Bluets Houstonia caerulea Apr 18 to Jun 18
Canada Mayflower Maianthemum canadense May 15 to Jun 03
Celandine Chelidonium majus May 07 to Sep 11
Cleavers Galium aparine May 15 to May 27
Common Chickweed Stellaria media Mar 26 to Jun 09
Common Cinquefoil Potentilla simplex Apr 30 to Aug 19
Common Winter Cress Barbarea vulgaris Apr 25 to May 30
Cow Vetch Vicia cracca May 23 to Aug 29
Creeping Wood Sorrel Oxalis corniculata May 28 to Aug 29
Dame's Violet Hesperis matronalis May 15 to Jun 18
Dwarf Cinquefoil Potentilla canadensis Apr 18 to May 30
False Solomon's Seal Smilacina racemosa May 15 to May 30
Field Hawkweed Hieracium pratense May 23 to Sep 07
Garlic Mustard Alliaria officinalis Apr 29 to Jun 17
Golden Alexanders Zizia aurea May 15 to May 30
Great Chickweed Stellaria pubera May 07 to Jun 19
Ground Ivy Glechoma hederacea Apr 20 to Jun 18
Hooked Crowfoot Ranunculus recurvatus May 18 to May 23
Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema atrorubens May 18 to May 23
Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica May 21 to May 30
Larger Blueflag Iris versicolor May 21 to Jun 05
Moss Phlox Phlox subulata Apr 16 to Jun 01
Mouse-ear Chickweed Cerastium vulgatum Apr 24 to May 27
Myrtle Vinca minor Apr 11 to Jun 01
Oxeye Daisy Chrysanthemum leucanthemum May 15 to Aug 02
Pink Lady Slipper Cypripedium acaule May 15 to May 28
Red Clover Trifolium pratense May 23 to Oct 24
Small Jack-in-the-pulpit Arisaema triphyllum May 18 to May 23
Star of Bethlehem Ornithogalum umbellatum May 26 to Jun 01
Tall Buttercup Ranunculus acris May 15 to Jul 16
Thyme-leaved Speedwell Veronica serpyllifolia May 10 to Aug 02
True Forget-me-not Myosotis scorpioides May 02 to Jun 07
Water Hemlock Cicuta maculata May 15 to Jul 16
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Purple Coneflower ~ Echinacea

Purple Coneflower ~ Echinacea
Echinacea purpurea
Grieve says "Echinacea increases bodily resistance to infection and is used for boils, erysipelas, septicemea, cancer, syphilis and other impurities of the blood., it's action being antiseptic. It has also useful properties as a strong alterative and aphrodisiac." Foster / Duke say "Extracts are used to stimulate nonspecific defense mechanisms at infections and chronic inflammations. ... A recent German study, ... showed significant immune-system stimulating activity with orally administered extracts ..." Hutchens says "Bodily Influence: Diaphoretic, Sialagogue, Alterative. ... The Sioux Indians used fresh scraped root for hydrophobia, snake bites, septicaemia."
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