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Common Name:
Common Cup-plant, Indian Cup
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silphium perfoliatum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silphium perfoliatum 179-54-001 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Floodplain forests and openings, sometimes escaped from cultivation
Uncommon in NC
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Virginia Cup-plant
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silphium connatum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silphium perfoliatum var. connatum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silphium connatum 179-54-001? FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Floodplain forests and openings
Uncommon in NC
Native to North Carolina
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Common Name:
Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silphium compositum var. compositum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silphium compositum var. compositum FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silphium compositum var. compositum 179-54-002a FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other xeric forests and woodlands, roadbanks
Common
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Ragged Rosinweed, Kidneyleaf Rosinweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silphium reniforme FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silphium compositum var. reniforme FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silphium compositum var. reniforme 179-54-002b FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Dry forests, woodlands, roadsides
Uncommon (rare in GA)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Prairie-dock, Broadleaf Prairie-dock
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Silphium terebinthinaceum FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Silphium terebinthinaceum var. terebinthinaceum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silphium terebinthinaceum 179-54-003 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Mafic or calcareous glades, barrens, woodlands, prairies, and roadsides and powerline-rights-of-ways with remnant historical vegetation of those types
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Tansy Rosinweed, Cutleaf Prairie-dock
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silphium pinnatifidum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silphium pinnatifidum FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Limestone glades and woodlands, blackland prairies
Rare
Native to Georgia
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Common Name:
Starry Rosinweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Silphium dentatum FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Silphium asteriscus var. laevicaule FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silphium dentatum var. dentatum 179-54-004a FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Woodlands, roadsides
Common in GA Piedmont & GA Coastal Plain (rare in Carolina Mtns) (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Starry Rosinweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silphium asteriscus 179-54-005 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Woodlands, roadsides
Common in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in Carolinas)
Native
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Common Name:
Whorled Rosinweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Silphium asteriscus var. trifoliatum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silphium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silphium trifoliatum 179-54-006 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Woodlands, roadsides, river scours
Uncommon (rare in Coastal Plain)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Whorled Rosinweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Silphium asteriscus var. latifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silphium trifoliatum var. latifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Silphium laevigatum 179-54-007 FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Woodlands, roadsides
Uncommon in GA Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Gattinger's Rosinweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Silphium integrifolium var. gattingeri FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silphium integrifolium var. gattingeri FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Prairies and woodland openings
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Prairie Rosinweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Silphium integrifolium var. integrifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Silphium integrifolium var. integrifolium FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Prairies, calcareous glades and barrens
Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: Simpson's rosinweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Silphium simpsonii FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silphium simpsonii FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Longleaf pinelands
Uncommon in GA, rare in SC
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
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Common Name: Compassplant
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Silphium laciniatum FAMILY: Asteraceae
INCLUDING PLANTS National Database: Silphium laciniatum var. laciniatum FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Prairies, limestone barrens, calcareous glades, also sometimes cultivated (including outside of its native distribution)
Native west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Shaggy Rosinweed
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Silphium mohrii FAMILY: Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Silphium mohrii FAMILY: Asteraceae
Habitat: Prairies
Rare
Native to Georgia
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