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|image = Echinacea laevigata.jpg
|status = G2
|status_system = TNC
|regnum = [[Plantae]]
|unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]]
|unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]]
(contracted; show full)ss stem. Any leaves are roughly lance-shaped. On top of the stems is a [[head (botany)|flower head]] containing narrow pink or purplish ray florets up to 8 centimeters long.<ref name=rec>USFWS. [http://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/950418.pdf Smooth Coneflower Recovery Plan.] April 1995.</ref> The florets droop away from the center of the head. The small, tubular disc florets in the center are dark purple in color.<ref name=cpc/> Blooming occurs in May through July.<ref name=tnc/>
 The plant is [[Pollination|pollinated]] by a number of insects, including [[honeybee]] (''Apis mellifera''), [[Bombus|bumblebees]] (''Bombus'' spp.), the bees ''[[Psithyrus citrinus]]'' and ''[[Eastern carpenter bee|Xylocopa virginica]]'', a number of [[Butterfly|butterflies]], and ''[[Lygaeus kalmii]]'', a [[Hemiptera|bug]].<ref name=thesis>Gadd, L. E. (2006). [http://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/ir/bitstream/1840.16/1884/1/etd.pdf Pollination biology of the federally endangered ''Echinacea laevigata'', smooth coneflower, in small, isolated populations.] Master's thesis, North Carolina State University. pg 13.</ref> The fruit is an [[achene]] about half a centimeter long which is likely [[seed dispersal|dispersed]] by birds and small mammals that collect them for food. Some [[vegetative reproduction]] has been observed with more than one stem coming from a shared rhizome or aboveground rosette of leaves.<ref name=rec/>

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==References==
* {{cite book | author=[[Neltje Blanchan|Blanchan, Neltje]] | title=[[Wild Flowers Worth Knowing]] | year=[[2005]] | publisher=[[Project Gutenberg|Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation]]}}
==External links==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=ECLA USDA Plants Profile]
[[Category:Echinacea]]
[[Category:Flora of the Southeastern United States]]
[[Category:Endangered flora of the United States]]