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Professional Review: Herb & Supplements
Echinacea 
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Date of Review:
February 2006
Common Name:
Echinacea
Scientific Name:
Echinacea angustifolia (DC.) Heller, Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench, Echinacea pallida
Other Names:
American coneflower, black Sampson, cock up hat, cock up head, comb flower, coneflower, echinacea root, Indian head, Kansas snakeroot, Kegelblume, Missouri snakeroot, purple coneflower, purple Kanas coneflower, red sunflower, Sonnenhut, racine d'echinacea, Sonnenhut, solhat E. angustifolia: Brauneria angustifolia Heller, Echinacea angustifolia D.C. var. angustifolia, Echinaceae angustifoliae herba, Echinaceae angustifoliae radix, Echinacea pallida var angustifolia (D.C.) Cronqradix echinaceae E. purpurea: Echinacea purpureae herba, Purpursonnenhutkraut E. Pallida: Brauneria pallida (L.) Britt., Echinacea pallida root, Echinacea pallida f. albida Steyerm., Echinacea pallidae radix, Echinacea-pallida-Wurzel, Echinacea speciosa Paxton, Rudbeckia pallida Nutt. [1-6]
Authors:
Carmen Li, HonBSc and Heather Boon, BScPhm, PhD
Reviewers:
Theresa Charrois, BScPharm, MSc, Paul Saunders, ND, PhD, and Sunita Vohra, MD, FRCPC, MSc
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