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compass plant

white rosinweed

Habit Plants scapiform, (40–)100–300 cm; taprooted. Plants scapiform, 20–75 cm; taprooted.
Stems

terete, hirsute, hispid, or scabrous.

terete, glabrous, hirsute, hispid, or scabrous.

Leaves

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.

basal persistent, petiolate;

cauline usually alternate, rarely subopposite, petiolate or sessile;

blades deltate, elliptic, linear, ovate, or rhombic, 2–40 × 1.5–26 cm, sometimes (proximal) 1–2-pinnately lobed, bases attenuate, cuneate, or truncate, ultimate margins unevenly toothed or entire (distal blades), apices acuminate to apiculate, faces scabrous to hirsute.

Ray florets

27–38;

corollas yellow.

14–30;

corollas white.

Disc florets

100–275;

corollas yellow.

70–130;

corollas white.

Phyllaries

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

23–36 in 2–3 series, outer reflexed, apices acuminate, abaxial faces hispid.

Cypselae

10–18 × 6–12 mm;

pappi 1–3 mm.

12–26 × 7–12 mm;

pappi 2–5 mm.

2n

= 14.

Silphium laciniatum

Silphium albiflorum

Phenology Flowering summer–early fall. Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat Prairies, open, disturbed sites Prairies, open fields, calcareous soils
Elevation 50–600 m (200–2000 ft) 100–500 m (300–1600 ft)
Distribution
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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. 78. 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. compositum, S. glutinosum, S. integrifolium, S. mohrii, S. perfoliatum, S. radula, S. terebinthinaceum, S. wasiotense
S. asteriscus, S. brachiatum, S. compositum, S. glutinosum, S. integrifolium, S. laciniatum, S. mohrii, S. perfoliatum, S. radula, S. terebinthinaceum, S. wasiotense
Synonyms S. laciniatum var. robinsonii
Name authority Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 919. (1753) A. Gray: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 19: 4. (1883)
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