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The truth about Echinacea: Plant commonly used for colds and flu suffers from disappearing habitat
![Echinacea angustifolia flowers](/news/mmg/media/images/echAng1_f.jpg)
A bird's eye view of an Echinacea angustifolia, or narrow-leaved purple coneflower, plant.
Credit: Stuart Wagenius
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![A closeup of Echinacea flower's spiny central disk](/news/mmg/media/images/Echinacea_3_f.jpg)
Coneflowers' genus name, Echinacea, refers to the plants' spiny central disk, pictured here.
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![a field with Echinacea angustifolia plants and two people](/news/mmg/media/images/remnantSite2_f.jpg)
Rarity: A dense patch of Echinacea angustifolia plants at a remnant prairie site.
Credit: Stuart Wagenius
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![Scientists applying paint to Echinacea flowers in the field](/news/mmg/media/images/fieldWork1_f.jpg)
Scientists apply paint to Echinacea flowers so they know which ones have been hand-pollinated.
Credit: Stuart Wagenius
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![a pollinator exclusion bag covering a coneflower](/news/mmg/media/images/polLimBag_f.jpg)
In some experiments, biologists use a pollinator exclusion bag to study coneflowers.
Credit: Jennifer Ison
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![Researcher Sara Zufan measuring an Echinacea plant in an experimental garden plot](/news/mmg/media/images/measurePla2_f.jpg)
Researcher Sara Zufan measures an Echinacea plant in an experimental garden plot.
Credit: Stuart Wagenius
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