Perennial · Echinacea purpurea
Purple coneflower for backyard birds
Leave seed heads up through winter for goldfinches.
- Scientific name
- Echinacea purpurea
- Plant type
- Perennial
- What birds get from it
- seed
- Native in
- 26 US states, 1 Canadian provinces/territories
- Bird species supported
- 70
Birds most often fed by Purple coneflower
Counted across every state and province where Purple coneflower is native and the bird is present:
- Northern Cardinal — 27 regions
- American Goldfinch — 27 regions
- House Finch — 27 regions
- Purple Finch — 27 regions
- Mourning Dove — 27 regions
- Dark-eyed Junco — 27 regions
- White-throated Sparrow — 27 regions
- Song Sparrow — 27 regions
- Chipping Sparrow — 27 regions
- Common Grackle — 27 regions
- Red-winged Blackbird — 27 regions
- Pine Siskin — 27 regions
Purple coneflower by state and province
Alabama (39 birds)Arkansas (42 birds)Florida (41 birds)Georgia (40 birds)Illinois (48 birds)Indiana (46 birds)Iowa (47 birds)Kansas (50 birds)Kentucky (40 birds)Louisiana (43 birds)Maryland (39 birds)Michigan (45 birds)Minnesota (45 birds)Mississippi (40 birds)Missouri (49 birds)Nebraska (50 birds)North Carolina (42 birds)Ohio (47 birds)Oklahoma (52 birds)Ontario (43 birds)Pennsylvania (43 birds)South Carolina (40 birds)Tennessee (40 birds)Texas (57 birds)Virginia (40 birds)West Virginia (39 birds)Wisconsin (45 birds)