Silphium laciniatum -- (Compass Plant)


 
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 Scientific Name:  Silphium laciniatum
 Common Name:  Compass Plant
 Other Common Names:  Compassplant
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  Yellow
 Soil Moisture:  Dry, Mesic
 Sun Requirements:  Full
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Growing Zone:  3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
 Competitivness:  Aggressive
 Best established via:  Seed, Plant
 Growth Habit:  Forb/herb
 Height, Mature (feet):  8
 Plant Spacing:  18 to 30 inches
 Flowering Months:  July, August
 Found in Old fields:  No
 Found in Virgin fields:  No
 RGR Seed Collection Peak:  09/25
 Where Found in S.E. MN:

 Pronounciation:  (SILL-fee-um lah-sin-ee-AY-tum)
 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Asterales
 Family:  Asteraceae
 Genus:  Silphium

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