Mexican Hat (Ratibida columnifera), packet of 100 seeds

Family:  Aster (Asteracea)

Hardy to Zones 4 to 9

(Mexican Hat, Red-spike Mexican Hat, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Long-Headed Coneflower, Thimbleflower.  This is NOT Purple Coneflower, which can be found under Echinacea)

Herbaceous perennial 1 to 2 feet tall, a wildflower native to western US.  The ray flowers are bi-colored, crimson and yellow, skirting the upright conehead.  Traditional usage (Cheyenne, Dakota, Navaho and Zuni): poison ivy rash, wounds.  The plant prefers full sun and dryish, fast-draining soils.  Good subject for prairie naturalization or as a bedding plant in the sunny garden.  Sow in fall or give 60 days cold, moist refrigeration and then sow warm.

100 seeds/pkt., open pollinated, untreated, NO GMO’s