skip navigation, jump to main contentDorothy Bradley Atkins Medicinal Plant Garden, College of Pharmacy, UIC

Echinacea; Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench)

Family: Compositae

Medicinal uses: Anti-infective; wound healing; immunostimulant

Part used medicinally: Aerial parts

Native origin: North America

Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench

Photos: D. Doel Soejarto, PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago