Summary[edit] Description: English: Prairie planting on former agricultural field in DuPage County, Illinois, US. Depicts Parthenium integrifolium, Monarda fistulosa, Andropogon gerardii, Ratibida pinnata. Date: 24 July 2018. Source: Own work. Author: cassi saari (Hyperik). Camera location41° 56′ 51.45″ N, 88° 15′ 05.8″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 41.947624; -88.251610.
field image of Ratibida pinnata YELLOW CONEFLOWER at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a top down image showing the leaf pattern, several bloom buds, and two blooms at the beginning of opening
Summary[edit] Description: English: A bee on a wild yellow coneflower in a field. Date: 3 November 2011, 05:01:03. Source: Own work. Author: Shadowmeld Photography.
field image of Ratibida pinnata YELLOW CONEFLOWER at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a 'lone sentinel' specimen at full bloom detailing stem, branch, and leaf pattern
Description: Pickerel Lake Fen Wisconsin State Natural Area #209 Walworth County. Date: 17 July 2010, 10:42. Source: Yellow Coneflowers (Ratibida pinnata) Uploaded by uleli. Author: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA.
close up image of Ratibida pinnata YELLOW CONEFLOWER at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - several blooms fully open highlighting the drooping habit of the yellow ray flowersThis species is featured in the book Abundant Splendor: Wildflowers of the Tall Grass Prairie, which is now available for purchase. Contact frank@black-sweater-art.com for more information.
close up image of Ratibida pinnata YELLOW CONEFLOWER at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a side view of a flower in bloom, the large yellow 'petals' are ray flowers, and the central bown disk are the disk flowers - notice the tiny yellow blooms of the disk flowers