Silphium terebinthinaceum |
Silphium asteriscus |
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prairie rosinweed, prairie-dock |
starry rosinweed |
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Habit | Plants scapiform, (40–)100–250+ cm; taprooted. | Plants caulescent, 30–200 cm; fibrous rooted. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Stems | terete, glabrous. |
terete, glabrous, hirsute, hispid, or scabrous. |
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Leaves | 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. |
basal persistent or caducous, petiolate or sessile; cauline alternate, opposite, or whorled, petiolate or sessile; blades simple, lanceolate, falcate, or ovate, 1.5–25 × 0.5–5 cm, bases attenuate to round, margins dentate, serrate, or entire, apices acuminate, acute, or obtuse, faces glabrous, hirsute, hispid, or scabrous. |
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Ray florets | 17–29; corollas yellow. |
8–21; corollas yellow. |
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Disc florets | 120–140; corollas yellow. |
35–150; corollas yellow. |
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Phyllaries | 23–33 in 2–3 series, outer appressed, apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces glabrous. |
12–26 in 2–3 series, outer appressed or reflexed, apices acute to acuminate, abaxial faces hispid or scabrous. |
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Cypselae | 7–13 × 4–10 mm; pappi 0–1 mm. |
6–15 × 4–11 mm; pappi 0–5 mm. |
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Silphium terebinthinaceum |
Silphium asteriscus |
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Distribution |
AL; AR; GA; IA; IL; IN; KY; MI; MO; MS; NC; NE; NY; OH; SC; TN; VA; WI; ON
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AL; AR; FL; GA; IL; IN; KY; LA; MD; MO; MS; NC; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; VA; WV
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 5 (5 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 21, p. 78. | FNA vol. 21, p. 81. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Silphium | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Silphium | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Name authority | Jacquin: Hort. Bot. Vindob. 1: 16, plate 43. (1770) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 920. (1753) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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