Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Genus Results

Category: Dicots
Family Name: Asteraceae

Silphium - [maps | photos]

• Silphium asteriscus L. var. asteriscus
  Common Name: starry rosinweed

• Silphium asteriscus L. var. latifolium (A. Gray) J.A. Clevinger
  Common Name: whorled rosinweed

• Silphium brachiatum Gattinger (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Cumberland rosinweed

• Silphium compositum Michx.
  Common Name: kidneyleaf rosinweed

• Silphium glabrum Eggert ex small
  Common Name: wholeleaf rosinweed

• Silphium integrifolium Michx.
  Common Name: wholeleaf rosinweed

• Silphium laciniatum L. (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: compass plant

• Silphium mohrii Small
  Common Name: Mohr's rosinweed

• Silphium perfoliatum L.
  NWI TN: Facultative +
  Common Name: cup plant

• Silphium pinnatifidum Ell. (TN Threatened)
  Common Name: tansy rosinweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Silphium terebinthinaceum Jacq. var. pinnatifidum (Ell.) Gray

• Silphium terebinthinaceum Jacq.
  NWI TN: Obligate Upland
  Common Name: prairie rosinweed

• Silphium trifoliatum L.
  Common Name: whorled rosinweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Silphium asteriscus L. var. trifoliatum (L.) J.A. Clevinger

• Silphium wasiotense Medley (TN Endangered)
  Common Name: Appalachian rosinweed

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

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