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Douglas Houck | profile | all galleries >> Flora >> Wild Flowers >> Wildflowers of Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont >> Silphium compositum tree view | thumbnails | slideshow | map

Silphium compositum

Common Name: Kidneyleaf Rosinweed, Kidney-leaf Rosinweed

USDA lists four varieties but ITIS has combined them all with no listed varieties.

Note large, kidney shaped, deeply lobed basal leaves with single flower stalk (scape) to 3 m tall with large number of yellow flowers on top of 4-8 yellow ray petals. Very distinctive.


Piedmont, SC
TRAIL: Stevens Creek Preserve
HABITAT: semi-open pine forest
ELEVATION: 80 m (265 ft)
BLOOM TIME: 28-SEP
Silphium compositum
Silphium compositum		 Silphium compositum
Silphium compositum		 Silphium compositum
Silphium compositum		 Silphium compositum
Silphium compositum		 Silphium compositum
Silphium compositum
Silphium compositum
Silphium compositum

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