Silphium laciniatum

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 Silphium laciniatum subsp. var.  Compass plant
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Habit: herbaceous
Height: to
Width: to
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Height: 5 ft to 10 ft
Width: 3 ft to 4 ft
Lifespan: perennial
Origin:
Poisonous:
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
Exposure: sun, part-sun
Water:
Features: flowers, drought tolerant
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USDA Zones: 4 to 9
Sunset Zones:
Flower features: orange, yellow
Asteraceae > Silphium laciniatum var. ,



Silphium laciniatum (Compass Flower, Compass Plant or Rosinweed) is a species of flowering plant in the genus Silphium. It is native to east-central North America.

It is a perennial herbaceous plant similar in appearance to a sunflower, growing to 1-4 m tall, with bristly-hairy stems. The leaves are alternately arranged, and deeply pinnately lobed; the basal leaves up to 40 cm long, becoming smaller higher up the stem. The flowers are produced in flowerheads (capitula) 5-12 cm diameter, with a ring of ray florets surrounding the 2-3 cm diameter center of disc florets. Flowering is in late summer, typically from July to September.

Compass plants are so named because they tend to align their foliage East-West to present the minimum surface area to the hot noon sunshine. The taproot of the compass plant may grow to more than 9-14 ft. deep, making it hardy and resistant to drought.


Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Silphium laciniatum, Linn. Compass Plant. St. about 6 ft. high, leafy at the base, much less so above, very rough: lvs. 1 ft. long or more, once or twice pinnately parted, the lobes oblong or lanceolate: fl.-heads several, sessile or short-peduncled, 2-5 in. across; rays 20-30. July-Sept. Ohio, west and south.— It is said of this species that the st.-lvs. tend to point north and south. CH


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