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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silphium pinnatifidum   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silphium pinnatifidum   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Tansy Rosinweed, Cutleaf Prairie-dock


 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Silphium pinnatifidum   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silphium pinnatifidum   FAMILY Asteraceae

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3788

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: limestone glades and woodlands, blackland prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate & basal

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Flower heads with 17-29 ray flowers, notched at apex
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers functionally staminate/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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