PLANTS Profile for Helianthus silphioides (rosinweed sunflower)

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Helianthus silphioides Nutt.
rosinweed sunflower

Symbol:

HESI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

More Information:

Images:
Helianthus silphioides Nutt.

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Synonyms:
Helianthus silphioides Nutt.

HEATP

Helianthus atrorubens L. var. pubescens Kuntze

Distribution:
Helianthus silphioides Nutt.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, IL, KY, LA, MO, MS, OK, TN)

Related Taxa:
Helianthus silphioides Nutt.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 62 species in Helianthus

Classification:
Helianthus silphioides Nutt.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Asterales
Family	Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus	Helianthus L. – sunflower
Species	Helianthus silphioides Nutt. – rosinweed sunflower

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Helianthus silphioides Nutt.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Kentucky:
silphium sunflower		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Helianthus silphioides Nutt.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 36687.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/27/2008 12:36 PM MDT