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cup plant, cup-plant rosinweed

prairie rosinweed, prairie-dock

Habit Plants caulescent, 75–300 cm; fibrous rooted. Plants scapiform, (40–)100–250+ cm; taprooted.
Stems

square, glabrous, hispid, or scabrous.

terete, glabrous.

Leaves

basal caducous;

cauline usually opposite, rarely whorled (in 3s), petiolate or sessile;

blades deltate, lanceolate, or ovate, 2–41 × 0.5–24 cm, bases attenuate or truncate (distal connate-perfoliate), margins entire, dentate, or bidentate, apices acuminate to acute, faces scabrous to hispid.

basal persistent, petiolate;

cauline alternate, petiolate or sessile;

blades cordate, deltate, lanceolate, ovate, or sagittate, 3–40 × 1–40 cm, sometimes (proximal) pinnately lobed, bases attenuate, cordate, hastate, round, or truncate, ultimate margins coarsely toothed or entire, apices acuminate, acute, or obtuse, faces glabrous or scabrous.

Ray florets

17–35;

corollas yellow.

17–29;

corollas yellow.

Disc florets

85–150 (–200);

corollas yellow.

120–140;

corollas yellow.

Phyllaries

25–37 in 2–3 series, outer appressed, apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces scabrous or hispid.

23–33 in 2–3 series, outer appressed, apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces glabrous.

Cypselae

8–12 × 5–9 mm;

pappi 0.5–1.5 mm.

7–13 × 4–10 mm;

pappi 0–1 mm.

Silphium perfoliatum

Silphium terebinthinaceum

Distribution
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Key
1. Stems glabrous or sparsely scabrous; peduncles glabrous
var. connatum
1. Stems glabrous, hispid, or scabrous; peduncles usually scabrous to hispid
var. perfoliatum
1. Leaves pinnately lobed
var. pinnatifidum
1. Leaves not lobed
var. terebinthinaceum
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. compositum, S. glutinosum, S. integrifolium, S. laciniatum, S. mohrii, S. radula, S. terebinthinaceum, S. wasiotense
S. albiflorum, S. asteriscus, S. brachiatum, S. compositum, S. glutinosum, S. integrifolium, S. laciniatum, S. mohrii, S. perfoliatum, S. radula, S. wasiotense
Subordinate taxa
S. perfoliatum var. connatum, S. perfoliatum var. perfoliatum
S. terebinthinaceum var. pinnatifidum, S. terebinthinaceum var. terebinthinaceum
Name authority Linnaeus: Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1232. (1759) Jacquin: Hort. Bot. Vindob. 1: 16, plate 43. (1770)
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