Common Name: Upright Prairie Coneflower

Latin Name: Ratibida columnifera

Height: 2-3 feet tall

Duration: Perennial

Bloom Color: Orange, Yellow, Brown

Bloom Time: May through September

Water Use: Medium

Soil: Dry, Moist soil (Various well-drained, usually calcareous soils.  Also limestone-based, Caliche type, Clay, Clay Loam, Medium Loam, Sandy Loam, Sandy.)

Light Requirement: Sun

Spreads easily via seeds

Host Plant:  The Upright Prairie Coneflower is a host plant for many moth species including caterpillars of the sunflower moth, blackberry looper moth, common pug, wavy-lined emerald, and torticid moth.  

Pollinators: bees, butterflies, skippers, wasps, flies, and birds enjoy eating the seeds in the winter.