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Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench.
Engl.: eastern purple coneflower, purple coneflower, black sampson, comb-flower, coneflower, echinacea, red sunflower.
Deu.: Echinacea, Sonnenhut.
Sven.: röd rudbeckia, röd solhatt.
Suom.: kaunopunahattu, punahattu, auringonhattu.
Bot. syn.: Brauneria purpurea (L.) Britt., Echinacea serotina (Nutt.) DC, Rudbeckia purpurea L., Rudbeckia serotina (Nutt.) Sweet.