Silphium perfoliatum |
Silphium terebinthinaceum |
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cup plant, cup-plant rosinweed |
prairie rosinweed, prairie-dock |
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Habit | Plants caulescent, 75–300 cm; fibrous rooted. | Plants scapiform, (40–)100–250+ cm; taprooted. | ||||||||
Stems | square, glabrous, hispid, or scabrous. |
terete, glabrous. |
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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. |
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Ray florets | 17–35; corollas yellow. |
17–29; corollas yellow. |
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Disc florets | 85–150 (–200); corollas yellow. |
120–140; corollas yellow. |
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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. |
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Cypselae | 8–12 × 5–9 mm; pappi 0.5–1.5 mm. |
7–13 × 4–10 mm; pappi 0–1 mm. |
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Silphium perfoliatum |
Silphium terebinthinaceum |
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Distribution |
AL; AR; CT; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; ND; NE; NJ; NY; OH; OK; PA; SD; TN; TX; VA; VT; WI; WV; ON
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AL; AR; GA; IA; IL; IN; KY; MI; MO; MS; NC; NE; NY; OH; SC; TN; VA; WI; ON
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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.) |
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Key |
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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 | ||||||||
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Name authority | Linnaeus: Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1232. (1759) | Jacquin: Hort. Bot. Vindob. 1: 16, plate 43. (1770) | ||||||||
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