Taxon: Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton & Standl.

Common names:

• longhead-coneflower   (Source: Zander Ency ) – English
  
• Mexican-hat   (Source: F NC Tex ) – English
  
• prairie-coneflower   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• redspike Mexican-hat   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• thimble-flower   (Source: F NC Tex ) – English
  
• upright prairie-coneflower   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• länglicher Präriesonnenhut   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German
  
• mexikohatt   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide F NAmer)
  

More:

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Eastern Canada: Canada - Ontario
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Montana, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas, Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Hidalgo, Veracruz

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina - San Luis, Santa Fe

• also cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963–1968. Flora of Java.
• Castelo, E. et al. 2003–2005. Cátalogo de Autoridades de Asteráceas Mexicanas y Actualización de Tribus Heliantheae y Eupatorieae.
• Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. [= R. columnaris (Sims) D. Don].
• Diggs, G. M., Jr. et al. 1999. Shinner's and Mahler's illustrated flora of North Central Texas.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Harrington, H. 1954. Manual of the plants of Colorado.
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest.
• Instituto de Botánica Darwinion. 2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
• Radford, A. E. et al., eds. 1980–. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States.
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol.
• Sell, P. & G. Murrell. 1996–. Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. [mentions].
• Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Ratibida columnifera.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Ratibida columnifera.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Ratibida columnifera.

Synonyms:

• (=) Ratibida columnaris (Pursh) D. Don
  
• (=) Ratibida columnifera var. appendiculata Cockerell
  
• (=) Rudbeckia columnaris Pursh
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (≡) Rudbeckia columnifera Nutt. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton & Standl.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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