Ratibida pinnata

Species category

Flower, Weed

Common name

pinnate prairie coneflower, grayhead prairieconeflower

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.

Shape

Truncate

Size

  • Length 2–3.2 mm
  • Width 1–1.7 mm
  • Thickness 0.6–0.8 mm

Color

Black

Texture

Striate with stipplesStipples:
Numerous small dots or specks.

Other structures

The margins are slightly curved in at the pappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma. 
crown.

Identification notes

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.
laterally compressed, producing a sharp margin on either side. Base is slightly lateral to the center.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Asteraceae

Valid name

Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnhart

Synonyms

Lepachys pinnata (Vent.) Torr. & A. Gray
Rudbeckia pinnata
Vent.

 Ratibida pinnata.  Achenes that are laterally compressed, producing a sharp margin on either side.
Ratibida pinnata. Achenes that are laterally compressed, producing a sharp margin on either side.