Purple Coneflower (Echinacea)

Flowering period

June–September

Nectar

mäßig

Pollen

mäßig

Purple coneflower blooms from June to September, nectar and pollen both moderate to medium. The flower head is domed and worked through gradually over several days. Double-flowered cultivars with a compressed center do not count as a nectar flow.

Sources (3)

• Bienenweidepflanzen für den Hausgarten, Bayerische Landesanstalt für Weinbau und Gartenbau (LWG) Veitshöchheim
• Bienenweiden, Hortipendium
• Tew, Baldock, Morten, Bird, Vaughan, Memmott (2023): A dataset of nectar sugar production for flowering plants found in urban greenspaces

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