Pinnate prairie coneflower/Yellow coneflower
Ratibida pinnata (Vent.) Barnh.
Family: Asteraceae (aster)
- Bloom Period:
- Mid-Season,
- Growth Cycle:
- Perennial,
- Growth Habit:
- Forbs/Herbs,
- Insect Type Attracted:
- Natural Enemy,
- Pollinator,
- Light:
- Full,
- Partial,
- Region:
- Northern Lower Peninsula,
- Southern Lower Peninsula,
- Upper Peninsula
- Soil Moisture:
- Medium,
- Height:
- 3-5ft
Natural enemies attracted
Moderately attractive: Chalcidoidea, Orius insidiousus, and Thomisidae.
Mildly attractive: Empididae, Syrphidae, Salticidae, Nabidae, Dolichopodidae, Chlamydatus associatus, Aeolothripidae, Chrysopidae, Braconidae, Cynipoidea and Plagiognathus politus.
Pollinators attracted
Moderately attractive: bees including sweat bees, digger bees, cuckoo bees, small and large carpenter bees, and bumble bees.
Pests attracted
Highly attractive: lygus bugs.
Moderately attractive: leafhoppers.
Mildly attractive: thrips, leaf beetles, Japanese beetles, aphids, froghoppers and tephritid fruit flies.