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Native to Arkansas +14 Pet-safe perennial

Mexican Hat

Ratibida columnifera

Also called: Prairie Coneflower, Upright Prairie Coneflower

Ratibida columnifera
Photo: Stickpen · Public domain

Mexican Hat. Mexican hat earns its name from a tall central cone surrounded by drooping yellow-and-red ray petals. A drought-tolerant native of the Great Plains and Southwest.

Growing & care

Thrives in heat and lean soils. Often blooms its first year from seed.

  • Sun: full sun.
  • Water: very low.
  • Soil: any well-drained; tolerates clay, sand, rocky.
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