Silphium terebinthinaceum |
Silphium brachiatum |
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prairie rosinweed, prairie-dock |
Cumberland rosinweed |
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Habit | Plants scapiform, (40–)100–250+ cm; taprooted. | Plants caulescent, 65–200 cm; fibrous rooted. | ||||
Stems | terete, glabrous. |
terete, glabrous. |
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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 caducous; cauline opposite, petiolate; blades lanceolate, hastate, ovate, or sagittate, 1–24 × 0.5–18 cm, bases cuneate, or round (distal), or cordate, truncate, hastate, or sagittate (proximal), margins coarsely dentate or entire, apices acuminate to acute, faces sparsely hirsute, hispid, or scabrous. |
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Ray florets | 17–29; corollas yellow. |
7–9; corollas yellow. |
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Disc florets | 120–140; corollas yellow. |
20–40; corollas yellow. |
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Phyllaries | 23–33 in 2–3 series, outer appressed, apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces glabrous. |
11–15 in 2–3 series, outer reflexed or appressed, apices acute, abaxial faces scabrous. |
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Cypselae | 7–13 × 4–10 mm; pappi 0–1 mm. |
7–8 × 5–6 mm; pappi 0.5–1 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Silphium terebinthinaceum |
Silphium brachiatum |
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Phenology | Flowering late summer–fall. | |||||
Habitat | Open forests, calcareous soils, roadcuts | |||||
Elevation | 200–600 m (700–2000 ft) | |||||
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; GA; TN |
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Discussion | 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. 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) | Gattinger: Bot. Gaz. 9: 192. (1884) | ||||
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