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Ratibida columnifera

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Ratibida columnifera
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R. columnifera
Binomial name
Ratibida columnifera
(Nutt.) Wooton & Standl.
Synonyms[1]

Ratibida columnaris (Pursh) D.Don
Rudbeckia columnaris Pursh
Rudbeckia columnifera Nutt.

Ratibida columnifera, commonly known as upright prairie coneflower[2] or Mexican Hat, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the Ratibida (prairie coneflower) genus and daisy family, Asteraceae. It is native to much of North America and inhabits prairies, plains, roadsides, and disturbed areas from southern Canada through most of the United States to northern Mexico.[3]

Uses

The Zuni people use an infusion of the whole plant as an emetic.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Ratibida columnifera". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2010-06-05.
  2. ^ "Ratibida columnifera". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ^ Stubbendieck, James L.; Stephan L. Hatch; L. M. Landholt (2003). North American Wildland Plants: A Field Guide (6 ed.). University of Nebraska Press. pp. 280–281. ISBN 978-0-8032-9306-9.
  4. ^ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 59)

External links

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