Endangered Tennessee Cone Flower

Here are two shots of the endangered Tennessee Cone Flower. There are only three patches of these left in the wild on around 15 acres in middle Tennessee. They look very similar to other coneflowers except the petals point up instead of down. I grew these from seed on my deck.

Very pretty. Good bokeh in #2.

So if you can grow them how are they endanged? love the 2nd one,never seen one before.

Billyj571 wrote in post #3930340
So if you can grow them how are they endanged? love the 2nd one,never seen one before.

They can only be grown and certain soil and climate conditions. I live in an area where they were formally located, so they grow fine here. I got the seeds from a native plants nursery in the area that is growing additional ones to transplant. I have several acres that have been replanted with native only plants.

Lovely bloom, keep up the good work.

Doing your bit for biodiversity, well done.