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Echinacea
Echinacea purpurea
Echinacea · Eastern Purple-Coneflower · Purple-Coneflower · Eastern Purple Coneflower · Eastern purple coneflower · Eastern purple coneflower (EN) · Ekinezya - Koni Çiçeği · Equinacea púrpura · Have-Purpusolhat · Jeżówka purpurowa · Purple Coneflower · Purpur-Sonnenhut · Purpurpura Piramide de fuj · Rausvažiedė ežiuolė · Rode zonnehoed · Roter Scheinsonnenhut · Roter Sonnenhut (DE) · broad-leaved purple coneflower · cometa-roxo · eastern purple coneflower · eastern purple-coneflower
At a glance
Origin / distribution: US, US(Appalachia)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Bite(Snake), Depurative, Medicine, Rabies
Science studied: ARABINOGALACTAN, ASCORBIC-ACID, BETAINE, CHICHORIC-ACID
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Asteraceae
Scientific name: Echinacea purpurea
Common names: Echinacea, Eastern Purple-Coneflower, Purple-Coneflower, Eastern Purple Coneflower, Eastern purple coneflower, Eastern purple coneflower (EN), Ekinezya - Koni Çiçeği, Equinacea púrpura, Have-Purpusolhat, Jeżówka purpurowa, Purple Coneflower, Purpur-Sonnenhut, Purpurpura Piramide de fuj, Rausvažiedė ežiuolė, Rode zonnehoed, Roter Scheinsonnenhut, Roter Sonnenhut (DE), broad-leaved purple coneflower, cometa-roxo, eastern purple coneflower, eastern purple-coneflower
POWO: 1174497-2 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in US, US(Appalachia).
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Bite(Snake)
- Depurative
- Medicine
- Rabies
- Skin
- Syphilis
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- US
- US(Appalachia)
Documented cultural uses
- Bite(Snake)
- Depurative
- Medicine
- Rabies
- Skin
- Syphilis
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Bite(Snake) · US · "
- Depurative · US · "
- Medicine · US(Appalachia) · "
- Rabies · US · "
- Skin · US · "
- Syphilis · US · "
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- From Phytochemical Diversity to Clinical Translation: Preparation-Dependent Bioactivity of <i>Echinacea purpurea</i>. · 2026 source ↗
- Dietary Echinacea purpurea Attenuates Oxidative Stress and Alters Cytokine Gene Expression Among Heat-Stressed Broiler Chickens at High Altitude. · 2026 source ↗
- Isolation and characterization of endophytic bacteria from Echinacea purpurea and Calendula officinalis with antimicrobial and anticancer activities. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ARABINOGALACTAN
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- BETAINE
- CHICHORIC-ACID
- CHICHORIC-ACID-DIMETHYL-ETHER
- CHICHORIC-ACID-MONOMETHYL-ETHER
- CICHORIENIC-ACID
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- CYANIDIN-3-O-(6-O-MALONYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE)
- CYANIN
- DODECA-2,4,8,10-TETRAEN-1-OIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- DODECA-2-TRANS-4-CIS-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- DODECA-2-TRANS-4-CIS-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-2-METHYL-BUTYLAMIDE
- DODECA-2-TRANS-4-CIS-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- DODECA-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-10-TRANS-TRIEN-8-YNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- DODECA-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-8-CIS-10-CIS-TETRAENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
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- DODECA-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-8-CIS-TRIENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- DODECA-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-DIENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- DODECA-CIS-2-TRANS-4-DIENE-8,10-DIYN-1-OIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- DODECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-2-METHYL-BUTYLAMIDE
- DODECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- DODECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-CIS-8-CIS-10-TETRAENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- DODECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-CIS-8-TRANS-10-TETRAENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- DODECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-CIS-8-TRIENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- DODECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-TRANS-10-TRIEN-8-YNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- ECHINACEA-FACTOR-A
- ECHINACEA-POLYSACCHARIDE-VII-A
- ECHINACEA-POLYSACCHARIDE
- ECHINACEA-PURPUREA-POLYSACCHARIDE-I
- ECHINACIN-B
- ECHINACOSIDE
- CINNAMOYL-ECHINADIOL
- CINNAMOYL-ECHINAXANTHOL
- EO
- ECHINACEA-FACTOR-B
- ECHINACEA-PURPUREA-POLYSACCHARIDE
- GERMACRA-4(15)-5-TRANS-10(14)-TRIEN-1-BETA-OL
- GERMACRANEDIOL-EPOXIDE-CINNAMIC-ACID-ESTER
- GERMACRENE-D
- 4-O-METHYL-GLUCURONOARABINOXYLAN
- GLYCINE-BETAINE
- HETEROXYLAN
- INULIN
- 13-HYDROXY-OCTADECA-CIS-9-TRANS-11-CIS-15-TRIENNOIC-ACID
- PENTADECA-TRANS-2-CIS-9-DIENE-12,14-DIYNOIC-ACID-(2-HYDROXY-ISOBUTYL)-AMIDE
- PENTADECA-TRANS-2-CIS-9-DIENE-12,14-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- POLYSACCHARIDE-A
- POLYSACCHARIDE-E
- POLYSACCHARIDE-F
- POLYSACCHARIDE
- RHAMNOARABINOGALACTAN
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SUCROSE
- 2,3-DICAFFEOYL-TARTARIC-ACID
- 2-CAFFEOYL-3-COUMAROYL-TARTARIC-ACID
- 2-CAFFEOYL-3-FERULOYL-TARTARIC-ACID
- 2-CAFFEOYL-TARTARIC-ACID
- 2-FERULOYL-TARTARIC-ACID
- TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE
- TRIDECA-1-11-DIENE-3-5-7-9-TETRAYNE
- TRIDECA-1,3-DIENE-5,7,9,11-TETRAYNE
- 3,4-EPOXY-TRIDECA-1,5-DIENE-7,9,11-TRIYNE
- TRIDECA-2-TRANS-7-CIS-DIENE-10,12-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- TRIDECA-8,10,12-TRIENE-2,4,6-TRIYNE
- TRIDECA-TRANS-2-CIS-7-DIENE-10,12-DIYNOIC-ACID-(2-METHYL-BUTYL)-AMIDE
- TRIDECA-TRANS-2-CIS-7-DIENE-10,12-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- TRIDECA-TRANS-2-TRANS-6-CIS-8-TRIENE-10,12-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- TUSSILAGIN
- UNDECA-2-CIS-4-TRANS-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- UNDECA-2-TRANS-4-CIS-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- UNDECA-2-TRANS-4-CIS-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-2-METHYL-BUTYLAMIDE
- UNDECA-2-TRANS-4-CIS-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- UNDECA-CIS-2-TRANS-4-DIENE-2,4-DIYN-1-OIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- UNDECA-CIS-2-TRANS-4-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- UNDECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-2-METHYL-BUTYLAMIDE
- UNDECA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIENE-8,10-DIYNOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDE
- VANILLIN
- BORNYL-ACETATE
- CARYOPHYLLENE-EPOXIDE
- CICHORIC-ACID
- GERMACRENE-ALCOHOL
- GLYCINE
- P-HYDROXYCINNAMIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- DODECA-2E,4E,8Z,10E/Z-TETRAENOIC-ACID-ISOBUTYLAMIDES
- ISOTUSSILAGINE
- KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE
- QUERCETIN
- QUERCETIN-7-GLUCOSIDE
- RUTIN
- RUTOSIDE
- TUSSILAGINE
- METHYL-P-HYDROXYCINNAMATE
- BORNEOL
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- ALUMINUM
- ASH
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CALCIUM
- CHROMIUM
- COBALT
- FIBER(CRUDE)
- FIBER(DIETARY)
- FAT
- GUM
- IRON
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGANESE
- NIACIN
- PHOSPHORUS
- POTASSIUM
- PROTEIN
- RESIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SELENIUM
- SILICON
- SODIUM
- STARCH
- THIAMINE
- TIN
- WATER
- ZINC
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
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- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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