Green-headed Coneflower

Dr. Karen Hall describes Rubeckia laciniata, or Green-headed/Cutleaf Coneflower. Known to the Cherokee as Sochan, this plant is an important edible for Cherokee people. Additionally, this fall-blooming aster is an important nectar plant for many different butterflies and a larval food plant for the silvery checkerspot.
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