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Hartweg's collecting prowess is remembered today in the name given to a spectacular purple-flowering orchid, Hartwegia purpurea, which is native to southern Mexico.
Did you know? Many common garden flowers originated in Mexico. 2008
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Hartweg's collecting prowess is remembered today in the name given to a spectacular purple-flowering orchid, Hartwegia purpurea, which is native to southern Mexico.
Did you know? Many common garden flowers originated in Mexico. 2008
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Edible fruits and flowers can also be important, for example the 'jacote' fruit of S. purpurea, which is sold in markets in many Central American countries.
1. Tree products in agroecosystems: economic and policy issues. 1992
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Our garden is full of various sorts of Echinacea 'purpurea' and Echinacea 'White Swan' as well as several of the new types such as Echinacea 'Arts Pride'.
Rabbits on Speed. Glyn Davies 2007
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Our garden is full of various sorts of Echinacea 'purpurea' and Echinacea 'White Swan' as well as several of the new types such as Echinacea 'Arts Pride'.
Archive 2007-06-01 Glyn Davies 2007
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Both Sundown and Sunrise are from a cross of E. purpurea and E. paradoxa introduced by Itsaul Plants of Georgia, part of the Big Sky series.
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Sarracenia purpurea is the next entry in this blog.
Rotting fish and taphonomy: what fossilizes? - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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Sarracenia purpurea – pitcher plant blossom, Kejimkujik National Park, Nova Scotia.
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Last fall I ripped out several dozen of the common pink-purple coneflowers called Echinacea purpurea from my full-sun beds.
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The blanket term echinacea usually refers to three species of this plant: Echinacea angustifolia, Echinacea purpurea, and Echinacea pallida.
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