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kidney-leaf rosinweed

compass plant

Habit Plants scapiform, 50–250 cm; taprooted. Plants scapiform, (40–)100–300 cm; taprooted.
Stems

terete, glabrous (sometimes glaucous).

terete, hirsute, hispid, or scabrous.

Leaves

basal persistent, petiolate;

cauline alternate, petiolate or sessile;

blades cordate, deltate, elliptic, hastate, ovate, reniform, or sagittate, 2–35 × 0.5–52 cm, sometimes (proximal) pinnately or palmately lobed, bases oblique, truncate, attenuate, cordate, sagittate, or hastate, ultimate margins toothed, apices acute, faces glabrous, hispid, or scabrous.

basal persistent, petiolate or sessile;

cauline petiolate or sessile;

blades lanceolate, linear, ovate, or rhombic, 4–60 × 1–30 cm, usually (proximal) 1–2-pinnately lobed, bases attenuate to truncate, ultimate margins unevenly toothed or entire, apices acute, faces hirsute, hispid, or scabrous.

Ray florets

6–12;

corollas yellow.

27–38;

corollas yellow.

Disc florets

20–85;

corollas yellow.

100–275;

corollas yellow.

Phyllaries

11–18 in 2–3 series, outer appressed to reflexed, apices obtuse to cuspidate, abaxial faces sparsely scabrous.

25–45 in 2–3 series, outer reflexed or appressed, apices acuminate to caudate, abaxial faces hispid to scabrous, ± stipitate-glandular.

Cypselae

6–12 × 4–10 mm;

pappi 1–4 mm.

10–18 × 6–12 mm;

pappi 1–3 mm.

2n

= 14.

= 14.

Silphium compositum

Silphium laciniatum

Phenology Flowering summer–early fall. Flowering summer–early fall.
Habitat Open, pine and oak forests, sandy soils, fields, roadsides, meadows Prairies, open, disturbed sites
Elevation 0–1600 m (0–5200 ft) 50–600 m (200–2000 ft)
Distribution
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AL; FL; GA; NC; SC; TN; VA; WV
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AL; AR; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MI; MN; MO; MS; NE; NM; NY; OH; OK; PA; SD; TN; TX; WI; ON
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Source FNA vol. 21, p. 79. FNA vol. 21, p. 78.
Parent taxa Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Silphium Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Silphium
Sibling taxa
S. albiflorum, S. asteriscus, S. brachiatum, S. glutinosum, S. integrifolium, S. laciniatum, S. mohrii, S. perfoliatum, S. radula, S. terebinthinaceum, S. wasiotense
S. albiflorum, S. asteriscus, S. brachiatum, S. compositum, S. glutinosum, S. integrifolium, S. mohrii, S. perfoliatum, S. radula, S. terebinthinaceum, S. wasiotense
Synonyms S. compositum subsp. ovatifolium, S. compositum subsp. reniforme, S. compositum var. reniforme, S. compositum subsp. venosum, S. compositum var. venosum, S. lapsuum, S. orae, S. ovatifolium, S. reniforme, S. venosum S. laciniatum var. robinsonii
Name authority Michaux: Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 145. (1803) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 919. (1753)
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