Silphium albiflorum: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Silphium
- Species
- Silphium albiflorum
- Scientific Name
- Silphium albiflorum
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Silphium albiflorum
Silphium albiflorum, commonly known as white rosinweed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the United States, where it is endemic to the state of Texas. Its natural habitat is in open, calcareous prairies.
It is a tall perennial with rigid, deeply divided leaves. It produces heads of white flowers in late spring through mid-summer. It is a slow growing, but extremely long-lived plant.
Due to its narrow habitat requirements and low population recruitment, it is considered to be a highly conservative species. It fares poorly in areas of suburban development, and faces significant threats in parts of its range.
...Silphium albiflorum in languages:
- English
- White rosinweed
- English
- White compassplant
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Silphium albiflorum
- Silphium asperrimum
- Silphium asteriscus
- Silphium brachiatum
- Silphium compositum
- Silphium confertifolium
- Silphium glutinosum
- Silphium gracile
- Silphium integrifolium
- Silphium laciniatum
- Silphium laciniatum × terebinthinaceum
- Silphium mohrii
- Silphium perfoliatum
- Silphium perplexum
- Silphium pinnatifidum
- Silphium radula
- Silphium terebinthinaceum
- Silphium wasiotense















































































































































