They certainly look like it to me.

Agreed. Or could be rudbeckia as the two often get mixed up. Something about fuzzy leaves versus smooth, or something like that. Or that wait and see game which is my life.

LaLennoxa said what I was thinking. Or Rudbeckia.

Some people refer to Rudbeckia as Coneflower, just to add to the confusion.

Then, that is a good thing for us to note. If you mean is it Echinacea? It could be. But it could also be Rudbeckia. Very similar, although I find Rudbeckia has rounder leaves, so that's why I am leaning that way.

I think it's Echinacea.

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Certainly are!

I mostly have 'Prairie Splendor' that has seeded itself out in large numbers and some of the seedlings being as good or better than their mothers.

FrozeBudd, are your Prairie Splendor seedlings as short as the mothers, or taller like the true native species?

Jay, the volunteer seedlings are pretty much about the same height as mom and that being about 2 to 2 1/2 feet tall, strong and sturdy. 'Prairie Splendor' is extra good due to its hardiness and early bloom.

I need an Echinacea that multiplies. Every one I've grown so far seems to slowly decline over time and I've never had any seedlings. Though my garden is so packed, they probably wouldn't have room to germinate anyways. Thanks for getting back, and thanks for the Prairie Splendor tip. :)

Jay, my winters are too cold for most echinacea varieties to survive, though both 'Prairie Splendor' and 'Pow Wow Wild Berry' generally have been troupers and producing volunteer seedlings, especially so for 'PS'. My beds are not intensively planted and nor are most of them mulched, thus there's plenty of opportunity of self sown seedlings to show themselves, again sometimes with surprisingly good results!

I've seen Pow Wow. That's another one I'd love to grow.