Great Design Plant: Echinacea Pallida   Healing: Echinacea is a Native American medicinal plant named for the prickly scales in its large conical seed head, which resembles the spines of an angry hedgehog (echinos is Greek for hedgehog).  Native Americans may have used echinacea for more than 400 years to treat infections and wounds, and … Continue reading Echinacea Pallida: Purple Cone Flower