Echinacea laevigata (Smooth Purple Coneflower) potted plant, Organic

(Smooth Purple Coneflower) Herbaceous perennial native to the Southern Appalachias.  The plant is somewhat similar to E. purpurea in that it has a spreading root system, but the leaves remain low on the rosette, are very smooth and elongated, and the flowers are somewhat smaller and very late maturing.  E. laevigata is a federally listed endangered plant, with the total wild population probably less than 10,000 individuals.  These plants grown from domestic seed on our farm.