Silphium terebinthinaceum |
Silphium laciniatum |
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prairie rosinweed, prairie-dock |
compass plant |
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Habit | Plants scapiform, (40–)100–250+ cm; taprooted. | Plants scapiform, (40–)100–300 cm; taprooted. | ||||
Stems | terete, glabrous. |
terete, 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, petiolate or sessile; cauline petiolate or sessile; blades lanceolate, linear, ovate, or rhombic, 4–60 × 1–30 cm, usually (proximal) 1–2-pinnately lobed, bases attenuate to truncate, ultimate margins unevenly toothed or entire, apices acute, faces hirsute, hispid, or scabrous. |
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Ray florets | 17–29; corollas yellow. |
27–38; corollas yellow. |
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Disc florets | 120–140; corollas yellow. |
100–275; corollas yellow. |
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Phyllaries | 23–33 in 2–3 series, outer appressed, apices obtuse to acute, abaxial faces glabrous. |
25–45 in 2–3 series, outer reflexed or appressed, apices acuminate to caudate, abaxial faces hispid to scabrous, ± stipitate-glandular. |
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Cypselae | 7–13 × 4–10 mm; pappi 0–1 mm. |
10–18 × 6–12 mm; pappi 1–3 mm. |
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2n | = 14. |
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Silphium terebinthinaceum |
Silphium laciniatum |
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Phenology | Flowering summer–early fall. | |||||
Habitat | Prairies, open, disturbed sites | |||||
Elevation | 50–600 m (200–2000 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; AR; IA; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MI; MN; MO; MS; NE; NM; NY; OH; OK; PA; SD; TN; TX; WI; ON
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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. 78. | ||||
Parent taxa | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Silphium | Asteraceae > tribe Heliantheae > subtribe Ecliptinae > Silphium | ||||
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Synonyms | S. laciniatum var. robinsonii | |||||
Name authority | Jacquin: Hort. Bot. Vindob. 1: 16, plate 43. (1770) | Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 2: 919. (1753) | ||||
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