Jerry Monkman / Purple coneflower / black sampson (Echinacea purpurea) flower, Maine, USA

Konrad Wothe / Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)

Kerstin Hinze / Purple coneflowers (Echinacea purpurea) cultivated in botanical garden, Lower Saxony, Germany,

Jerry Monkman / American Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa virginiensis) on a flowering Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Maine, USA

Jerry Monkman / American Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa virginiensis) on a flowering Purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) Maine, USA

Nigel Bean / Hover fly (Eristalis pertinax) feeding on flower of {Echinacea purpurea} in UK garden, September

Niall Benvie / Black sampson / Purple coneflower {Echinacea purpurea} USA

Bjorn Forsberg / Black sampson flower {Echinacea purpurea} Sweden

John Cancalosi / Bumble Bee {Bombus terrestris} gathering pollen and nectar from Purple Coneflower {Echinacea purpurea} UK

John Cancalosi / Bumble Bee {Bombus terrestris} gathering pollen and nectar from Purple Coneflower {Echinacea purpurea} UK

John Cancalosi / Bumblebee {Bombus terrestris} gathering pollen and nectar from Purple Coneflower {Echinacea purpurea} UK

John Cancalosi / Bumblebee {Bombus terrestris} gathering pollen and nectar from Purple Coneflower {Echinacea purpurea} UK

Larry Michael / Black sampson cornflower {Echinacea purpurea} Wisconsin, USA

Larry Michael / Black sampson coneflower {Echinacea purpurea} + Soldier beetle. {Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus} Wisconsin, USA

Jim Brandenburg / Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) field, Minnesota

Bjorn Forsberg / Coneflower {Echinacea purpurea} Sweden