Introductory
SPECIES: Ratibida columnifera | Upright Prairie Coneflower 



ABBREVIATION : 
RATCOL

SYNONYMS : 
   Ratibida columnaris (Sims) D. Don [34,48,52]


SCS PLANT CODE : 
   RACO3


COMMON NAMES : 
   upright prairie coneflower
   prairie coneflower
   columnar prairie coneflower
   long headed coneflower
   Mexican hat


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name of upright prairie coneflower is
Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. and Standl. (Asteraceae) [1,26,30,51].

There is one recognized form as follows:

        R. c. forma pulcherrima (DC.) Fern. [1,26]

Upright prairie coneflower hybridizes with prairie coneflower (Ratibida
tagetes) in Colorado [54].


LIFE FORM : 
Forb

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
No special status

OTHER STATUS : 
NO-ENTRY


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
Roberta A. Walsh, February 1994


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Walsh, Roberta A. 1994. Ratibida columnifera. In: Remainder of Citation

Related categories for Species: Ratibida columnifera | Upright Prairie Coneflower