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Station; and the Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station announce the release of a selected class of narrow-leaved purple coneflower (Echinacea angustifolia D.C.). As a selected release, this plant will be referred to as Bismarck Germplasm narrow-leaved purple coneflower. It has been assigned the NRCS accession number 9076759. Bismarck Germplasm narrow-leaved purple coneflower is released as a selected class of certified seed (natural track). There is no adapted, consistent, commercial seed source of this species in the Northern Great Plains. There are no known formal varieties or prevarietal releases. Seed of this species is needed for wildlife seedings, Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) plantings, prairie restoration and various other revegetation projects. Roots and other plant parts of this species are presently in great demand for medicinal purposes. Seed to establish fields for root harvest would ease pressure from digging in native rangeland. Digging often accelerates erosion and degrades natural plant diversity. Collection Site Information: Seed was collected from 11 North Dakota locations. Collection information is found in Table 1. Sites varied in soils and other climatic conditions. Most sites, however, were dry native rangeland. This species grows abundantly on most upland soil types but prefers dry prairies and rocky sidehills with weakly developed soils (Sedivec and Barke