What’s in a Name – The Coneflowers

What comes to mind when you picture coneflowers? Purple Coneflower? Orange Coneflower? Upright Prairie Coneflower? These three examples, all from the Aster family, Asteraceae, represent the three genera of plants native to Ohio with “coneflower” in their common names. “Cone,” of course, is a reference to the center disk of the flower head. ECHINACEAS According…