Data sheet
View crop Data sheet EcoPortEchinacea purpurea
| Description | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Life form | herb | Physiology | multi stem |
| Habit | erect | Category | ornamentals/turf, medicinals & aromatic |
| Life span | perennial | Plant attributes | grown on small scale |
| Ecology | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Optimal | Absolute | Optimal | Absolute | ||||
| Min | Max | Min | Max | Soil depth | medium (50-150 cm) | shallow (20-50 cm) | |
| Temperat. requir. | 18 | 24 | 10 | 36 | Soil texture | medium, organic | heavy, medium, light, wide, organic |
| Rainfall (annual) | 400 | 800 | 300 | 1000 | Soil fertility | high | low |
| Latitude | - | - | - | - | Soil Al. tox | ||
| Altitude | --- | --- | - | - | Soil salinity | low (<4 dS/m) | low (<4 dS/m) |
| Soil PH | 6.5 | 7.5 | 5.5 | 8 | Soil drainage | well (dry spells) | well (dry spells) |
| Light intensity | clear skies | very bright | light shade | very bright | |||
| Climate zone | subtropical dry summer (Cs) | Photoperiod | neutral day (12-14 hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing temp. during rest | -30 | Killing temp. early growth | 0 |
| Abiotic toler. | Abiotic suscept. | ||
| Introduction risks. |
| Cultivation | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min | Max | |||
| Product. system | home garden, large scale/commercial | Crop cycle | 0 | 0 |
| Cropping system | Subsystem | Companion species | Level of mechanization | Labour intensity |
| Uses | ||
|---|---|---|
| Main use | Detailed use | Used part |
| medicinal | flowers | |
| medicinal | leaves | |
| medicinal | roots | |
| environmental | ornamental/turf | entire plant |