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Drooping petals under a tall central cone — the prairie coneflower that establishes easier than anything else in the mix.
SIZEMexican hat is readily recognized by its long cylinder heads, with their drooping, yellow ray florets that are borne on elongated pedicles above the foliage. It is distributed in the Great Plains and tall grass prairies from Alberta Canada, western Arkansas, to New Mexico. Oklahoma populations are encountered across the state in abundance in the central half in clay loam and sandy soils.
Among the most reliable native forbs from seed.
Sombrero-shaped flowers in yellow and red-brown.
Blooms in year one or two, unlike slower natives.
Thrives on thin, rocky, and disturbed ground.
Flowers across an extended summer window.
Steady nectar and pollen through the season.
Volunteers reliably to persist in the stand.
