Rosinweed

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iRosinweed
Silphium radula
Silphium radula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Helianthoideae
Tribe: Heliantheae
Genus: Silphium
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Species

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The rosinweeds (Silphium) are a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern North America. They are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 0.5-4 m tall, with yellow (rarely white) flowerheads.

[edit] Species

  • Silphium albiflorum – White Rosinweed
  • Silphium asteriscus – Starry Rosinweed
  • Silphium brachiatum – Cumberland Rosinweed
  • Silphium compositum – Kidneyleaf Rosinweed
  • Silphium glutinosum – Sticky Rosinweed
  • Silphium gracile – Slender Rosinweed
  • Silphium integrifolium – Wholeleaf Rosinweed
  • Silphium laciniatum – Compassplant
  • Silphium mohrii – Mohr's Rosinweed
  • Silphium perfoliatum – Cup Plant
  • Silphium perplexum – Old Cahaba Rosinweed
  • Silphium pinnatifidum – Tansy Rosinweed
  • Silphium radula – Roughstem Rosinweed
  • Silphium reverchonii – Reverchon's Rosinweed
  • Silphium scaberrimum – Roughleaf Rosinweed
  • Silphium simpsonii – Simpson's Rosinweed
  • Silphium terebinthinaceum – Prairie Rosinweed, Prairie Dock
  • Silphium trifoliatum – Whorled Rosinweed
  • Silphium wasiotense – Appalachian Rosinweed

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