Yellow And Red Mexican Hat Flowers And Blue Perennial Flax Flower In A Meadow Field Stock Image

Mexican hat coneflower genus Ratibida species columnifera aster family asteraceaeCommon names are Mexican hat, prairie coneflower, upright prairie coneflower, red-spike Mexican hat, long-headed coneflower, thimbleflower. Single blossom on tall stem, with leaves at base. Flower consists of a long central cone surrounded at the base by drooping petals similar in shape to a sombrero or 10-gallon hat. Central cone is brownish red. Wide, oval petals are all yellow, all red, or red edged with yellow. Flowers attract bees and butterflies, seeds attract birds. Deer resistant. Drought tolerant perennial, native to the US, blooms all summer. Genus Linum, species perenne, commonly called perennial flax, blue flax or lint, is a flowering plant in the family Linaceae, native to Europe. A slender herbaceous perennial plant with narrow lanceolate leaves. The pale blue flowers have five petals.