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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

"Westward we went, and still westward, through a flat, arid country with no verdure except the compass plant, which we named for the reason that its large, flat leaves always pointed north and south" (William Clark Kennerly, 1843). Read more at Scientific Library.

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INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silphium laciniatum var. laciniatum   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

Silphium laciniatum

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

Silphium laciniatum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Silphium laciniatum var. laciniatum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Silphium laciniatum var. robinsonii

 

COMMON NAME:
Compassplant

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

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Silphium laciniatum var. laciniatum   FAMILY Asteraceae

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Silphium laciniatum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Silphium laciniatum var. laciniatum

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Silphium laciniatum var. robinsonii