Silphium compositum |
Silphium laciniatum |
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kidney-leaf rosinweed |
compass plant |
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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 |
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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 |
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 | ||
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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