OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-54-005:

Silphium asteriscus   FAMILY Asteraceae

(?) INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)

Silphium dentatum var. gatesii

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)

Silphium asteriscus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Silphium asteriscus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Silphium scaberrimum

 

COMMON NAME:
Starry Rosinweed


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image of Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus, Starry Rosinweed

Wesley Burnett    gwb070528_0625

May    Laurens County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Ray florets 8-20 per head, per Flora of North America.

image of Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus, Starry Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm070528_002

May    Laurens County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Leaf surfaces scabrous to hispid, basal leaves caducous at flowering, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus, Starry Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm070528_008

May    Laurens County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

Involucral bracts in the genus Silphium are wide and usually squarrose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus, Starry Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm080608_012

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus, Starry Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm080611_001

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus, Starry Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm080611_003

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus, Starry Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm080611_005

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Rows of large recurved bracts beneath the disc form a cup-like shape, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).


click here to see other plants that look similar to this COMPARE involucral bracts of Silphium

image of Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus, Starry Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm080611_008

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

image of Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus, Starry Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm080611_008b

June    Greenville County    SC

Lake Conestee Nature Park

Involucral bracts ciliate, glabrous or pubescent on the backs, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus, Starry Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm0408k_15

August    Oconee County    SC

image of Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus, Starry Rosinweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_asteriscus_asteri_6

August        

image of Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus, Starry Rosinweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_asteriscus_asteri_8

August        

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus

INCLUDING & INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-54-005:
Silphium asteriscus   FAMILY Asteraceae

(?) INCLUDING Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968)
Silphium dentatum var. gatesii

INCLUDED WITHIN Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Silphium asteriscus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Silphium asteriscus

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Silphium scaberrimum

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1384

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: woodlands, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora

Native

Common in NC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in Carolinas)

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite, or rarely alternate (basal leaves absent or withered at flowering)

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Flower heads with 8-20 ray flowers, notched at apex
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers functionally staminate/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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