PLANTS Profile for Silphium compositum (kidneyleaf rosinweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Silphium compositum Michx.
kidneyleaf rosinweed

Symbol:

SICO5

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Asteraceae

Duration:

Perennial

Forb/herb

L48

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Silphium compositum Michx.

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Native Status:
Silphium compositum Michx.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)

Related Taxa:
Silphium compositum Michx.

View 480 genera in Asteraceae, 19 species in Silphium or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Silphium compositum Michx.

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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 compositum Michx. – kidneyleaf rosinweed

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Silphium compositum Michx.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Silphium compositum Michx.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38394.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/21/2013 05:32 PM CDT