Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Ratibida columnifera
Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl.
Mexican Hat, Red-spike Mexican Hat, Upright Prairie Coneflower, Prairie Coneflower, Long-headed Coneflower, Thimbleflower
Asteraceae (Aster Family)
USDA Symbol: RACO3USDA Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Ratibida columnifera
Mexican-Hat
Asteraceae
Location: Vacant lot on Dancer's Image St., Churchill EstatesLatitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full Sun
Description: Erect perennial to 4'. Flowers--rays yellow or brown, edged in gold; disc flowers brown in tall slender column.
County: Bexar
Collector: Judith C. Berry
Collection Date: May 15, 1991
Specimen number: 74
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0180
Accession Date: Jan. 21, 1992
Accession Number: 13
Annotations: SCXXB