- Type:
- Herb
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Dry
- Height:
- 1 to 3 feet
- Project:
- Shoreline Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- Yellow
- Bloom Months:
- July, August, September
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Low to Moderate
- Salt Tolerance:
- Medium
- Stress Tolerance:
- Drought Tolerant, Fire Tolerant
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Medium
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 3
- Pollinator Value:
- Very High
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food, Larval Food
- Pollinators:
- Beetles, Bombus, Butterflies, Flies, Honey Bees, Larval Host (Moth), Native Bees, Wasps
- Counties:
- Becker, Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Hennepin, Houston, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Lac qui, Lincoln, Lyon, Marshall, Murray, Nicollet, Norman, Pennington, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Redwood, Renville, Sherburne, Stearns, Stevens, Swift, Traverse, Washington, Wilkin, Yellow Medicine
Notes/Description:
Long-headed Coneflower or Prairie Coneflower is smaller that most yellow coneflowers. Drought tolerant, but susceptible to herbivory from mammals.