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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Silphium mohrii   FAMILY Asteraceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silphium mohrii   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Silphium mohrii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Silphium mohrii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Silphium mohrii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Silphium mohrii

 

COMMON NAME:
Shaggy Rosinweed


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image of Silphium mohrii, Shaggy Rosinweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_silphium_mohrii_18

September        

Desnsely stiff-haired stems give the plant a "shaggy" appearance, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Silphium mohrii, Shaggy Rosinweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_silphium_mohrii_2

September        

About 13 pale yellow ray flowers, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Silphium mohrii, Shaggy Rosinweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_silphium_mohrii_22_s

September        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Silphium mohrii   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silphium mohrii   FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Silphium mohrii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Silphium mohrii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Silphium mohrii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Silphium mohrii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3787

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Prairies, per Weakley's Flora

Native to Georgia

Rare

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LEAVES:
Simple
Mostly alternate, sometimes opposite (basal leaves persistent)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Pale yellow
Disc: Yellow
Flower heads with 13(10-20) ray flowers, notched at apex
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers functionally staminate/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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