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Ratibida columnifera
prairie coneflower, redspike Mexican hat, upright prairie coneflower
Badlands National Park
			Record Status: Approved
Occurrence:	Present
Nativeness:	Native
Abundance:	Common

Scientific Name with Authority:		Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Woot. & Standl.
Park Preferred Common Name(s):
Park Synonyms:

Taxonomic Hierarchy:		Kingdom Plantae, Phylum Tracheophyta, Subphylum Spermatophytina, Order Asterales, Family Asteraceae, Genus Ratibida, Species Ratibida columnifera


Park Tags:
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Threatened/Endangered Status:
State Species of Concern Status:
Ozone-sensitive Status:
NatureServe Global Rank:		G5
NatureServe State Rank:		SD: SNR
Evidence:		1 Observations, 0 Vouchers, 11 Data Store References, 0 External Links


Other Parks Where Species is Listed:
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument	Amistad National Recreation Area
Aztec Ruins National Monument	Bandelier National Monument
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site	Big Bend National Park
Big Thicket National Preserve	Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Buffalo National River	Canyon De Chelly National Monument
Capulin Volcano National Monument	Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area	Chickasaw National Recreation Area
Curecanti National Recreation Area	Devils Tower National Monument
El Malpais National Monument	El Morro National Monument
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument	Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Fort Davis National Historic Site	Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Larned National Historic Site	Fort Union National Monument
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site	Glacier National Park
Grand Canyon National Park	Grand Teton National Park
Guadalupe Mountains National Park	Homestead National Historical Park
Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site	Jewel Cave National Monument
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site	Lake Meredith National Recreation Area
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument	Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Mesa Verde National Park	Mississippi National River and Recreation Areas
Missouri National Recreational River	Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Nez Perce National Historical Park	Niobrara National Scenic River
Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park	Pecos National Historical Park
Petrified Forest National Park	Pipestone National Monument
Rocky Mountain National Park	San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site	Scotts Bluff National Monument
Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve	Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Valles Caldera National Preserve	Washita Battlefield National Historic Site
White Sands National Park	Wind Cave National Park
Zion National Park


Last Modified Date:	11/28/2006

NPSpecies - The National Park Service biodiversity database. IRMA Portal version.https://irma.nps.gov/npspecies. Accessed 10/25/2025 6:29:36 AM

NatureServe Global Rank and State Rank

NatureServe. 2017. NatureServe Web Service. Arlington, VA. U.S.A. Available http://services.natureserve.org. Accessed: 12/4/2017. Updated quarterly.

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