Common Name: Gray-headed Coneflower

Latin Name: Ratibida pinnata

Height: 5 feet

Duration: Perennial

Bloom Color: Yellow

Bloom Time: July through September

Water Use: Medium

Soil: Dry, Moist. Tolerate of a wide range of soil types

Light Requirement: Sun, Part Shade

Spreads via seeds

Host: Gray-headed Coneflower is a host plant to caterpillars of the silvery checkerspot butterfly, wavy-lined emerald, and common eupithecia moth. 

Pollinators: Attracts bees such as cuckoos bees, lead-cutting bees, and green metallic bee.  Other visitors include wasps, flies, small butterflies, and beetles.  Goldfinches will eat the seeds. 

Other Information: Many beneficial insects, such as predators and parasitoids, are attracted to this plant to keep problem insect populations in balance.