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prairie rosinweed, prairie-dock

Cumberland rosinweed

Habit Plants scapiform, (40–)100–250+ cm; taprooted. Plants caulescent, 65–200 cm; fibrous rooted.
Stems

terete, glabrous.

terete, glabrous.

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.

Ray florets

17–29;

corollas yellow.

7–9;

corollas yellow.

Disc florets

120–140;

corollas yellow.

20–40;

corollas yellow.

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.

Cypselae

7–13 × 4–10 mm;

pappi 0–1 mm.

7–8 × 5–6 mm;

pappi 0.5–1 mm.

2n

= 14.

Silphium terebinthinaceum

Silphium brachiatum

Phenology Flowering late summer–fall.
Habitat Open forests, calcareous soils, roadcuts
Elevation 200–600 m (700–2000 ft)
Distribution
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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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AL; GA; TN
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Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

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

Key
1. Leaves pinnately lobed
var. pinnatifidum
1. Leaves not lobed
var. terebinthinaceum
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
Sibling taxa
S. albiflorum, S. asteriscus, S. brachiatum, S. compositum, S. glutinosum, S. integrifolium, S. laciniatum, S. mohrii, S. perfoliatum, S. radula, S. wasiotense
S. albiflorum, S. asteriscus, S. compositum, S. glutinosum, S. integrifolium, S. laciniatum, S. mohrii, S. perfoliatum, S. radula, S. terebinthinaceum, S. wasiotense
Subordinate taxa
S. terebinthinaceum var. pinnatifidum, S. terebinthinaceum var. terebinthinaceum
Name authority Jacquin: Hort. Bot. Vindob. 1: 16, plate 43. (1770) Gattinger: Bot. Gaz. 9: 192. (1884)
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