FLOWERS - ECHINEA ANGUSTIOLIA SOMBRERO ADOBE ORANGE / KANSAS SNAKEROOT - 10 SEEDS medicinal

SOMBRERO Adobe Orange has intense orange flowers will make other Echinacea pale in comparison, with a matching orange cone that really makes the color pop. Dark green foliage is completely covered with flowers. One of the best orange Echinacea to date.

Praised for their cheerful brightly colored flowers, coneflowers are a mainstay in today's garden. Be sure to leave some spent blooms on the plants in the fall because their seeds provide winter food for finches and other birds. The dried seed heads also provide architectural interest in the winter.

Echinacea is one of the worlds most important medicinal herbs. Research shows that it has the ability to raise the bodys resistance to bacterial and viral infections by stimulating the immune system. It is also antibiotic and helps to relieve allergies. Plants in this genus were probably the most frequently used of all North American Indian herbal remedies.

It has tall stems, bears single flowers, and has a central cone. The large cone is actually a seed head with sharp spines that resemble a stiff comb.

Echinacea contains several chemicals that play a role in its therapeutic effects. These include polysaccharides, glycoproteins, alkamides, volatile oils, flavonoids. and polysaccharides (substances known to trigger the activity of the immune system).