Silphium laciniatum |
Silphium albiflorum |
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compass plant |
white rosinweed |
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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. |
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Silphium laciniatum |
Silphium albiflorum |
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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 |
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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TX
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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 | ||
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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