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: Edge of ditch, 25 m east of swimming pool--Oakwell Farms.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun; well drained slope of alkaline, alluvial soil.
Description: Erect, much branched perennial from thick, woody taproot. Branches spreading. Infloresence on naked peduncles to 17 cm. Disk a prominent column, 15 x 6 mm. Ray florets 5 x 8 mm, brown with yellow tips.
County: Bexar
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: May 12, 1987
Specimen number: 113
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0379
Accession Date: May 25, 1993
Accession Number: 24
Annotations: SCXRB