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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silphium compositum var. compositum   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Silphium compositum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-54-002a:

Silphium compositum var. compositum   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Silphium orae

 

COMMON NAME:
Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed


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image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm191222_2361_s_composit

    Clay County    AL

Cheaha State Park

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm200422_4030

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm200422_4031

April    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    jkm060528_004

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

Leaves deeply lobed or dissected, glabous on both surfaces, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm060528_005

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm200530_5401

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm210516_0339

May    Greenville County    SC

Tall Pines Wildlife Management Area

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JK Marlow    s000528_a

May    Greenville County    SC

Petioles and midribs may be green or red, per All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999).

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

Alan S. Weakley    asw_10216398182323199

June        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_s_compositum_7_s

June        

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm220702_8839

July    Oconee County    SC

Is this some kind of a gall?

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm220702_8849

July    Oconee County    SC

More galls?

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

Carrie Hannah Penn    chp_s_compositum_flower

August    DeKalb County    GA

Stone Mountain Park

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm0408k_01

August    Oconee County    SC

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm120812_408

August    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm120812_419

August    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm120812_436

August    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm120812_444

August    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Silphium disc flowers have undivided styles (vs. Helianthus forked), per www.missouriplants.com

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm120812_472

August    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Stem 1-4m tall, leafy only toward the base or stem leaves very much reduced, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm130824_660

August    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_silphium_compositum

August        

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm080914_003

September    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Heads with 6-12 ray flowers; involucres mostly 1.0-1.5cm wide, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm080914_004

September    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Bracts wide, acute or obtuse, glabrous, ciliate or erose, usually squarrose, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).


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

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm080914_005

September    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm0310b_30

October    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

image of Silphium compositum var. compositum, Carolina Rosinweed, Compassplant, Rhubarb-leaved Rosinweed

JK Marlow    jkm231024_6179

October    Oconee County    SC

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silphium compositum var. compositum   FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Silphium compositum

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-54-002a:
Silphium compositum var. compositum   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

 

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1385

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, other xeric forests and woodlands, roadbanks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Rays: Yellow
Disc: Yellow
Flower heads with 6-12 ray flowers, notched at apex
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers functionally staminate/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Achene

 

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