Purple Coneflower

Echinacea commonly called the Purple coneflowers, is a genus of nine species of herbaceous plants in the Family Asteraceae. All are strictly native to eastern and central North America. The plants have large showy heads of composite flowers, blooming from early to late summer. Some species are used in herbal medicines.

These are in my mother-in-laws gardens and are fairly tall as well, these are the mature heads with drooping petals (I thought that they had 'gone by' by was told that is what they look like when mature) Enjoy!