Usage examples (6)

• Ratibida makes so many good seed heads, try taking a whole one once dry and smushing it into the soil to see if a seedling or two results.
• Ratibida, named because the central disk rises so high that the dainty bloom looks like a sombrero.
• The columnar cones and fine-textured foliage of Ratibida columnifera distinguish it from other coneflowers.
• There you will learn that the plant's botanical name is Ratibida columnifera, and that its aroma repels deer.