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Silphium trifoliatum L.
whorled rosinweed

       
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Silphium trifoliatum L.

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Distribution:
Silphium trifoliatum L.

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USA (AL, DC, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NY, OH, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV)
 

Related Taxa:
Silphium trifoliatum L.

View 477 genera in Asteraceae, 19 species in Silphium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Silphium trifoliatum L. var. latifolium A. Gray. .
Silphium trifoliatum var. latifolium
whorled rosinweed
Distribution of Silphium trifoliatum L. var. trifoliatum. .
Silphium trifoliatum var. trifoliatum
whorled rosinweed
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Classification:
Silphium trifoliatum L.

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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 Silphium L. – rosinweed
Species Silphium trifoliatum L. – whorled rosinweed
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Silphium trifoliatum L.

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.

Illinois:
rosinweed              Endangered
 

More Accounts and Images:
Silphium trifoliatum L.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505235.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

 
 
Time Generated: 10/26/2008 01:40 PM MDT