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Silphium asteriscus (starry rosinweed)

Synonyms: Silphion asteriscum

Wikipedia Abstract

Silphium asteriscus also known as starry rosinweed is the type species of the genus Silphium and a member of the family Asteraceae.
View Wikipedia Record: Silphium asteriscus

Infraspecies

Silphium asteriscus asteriscus (Attributes)
Silphium asteriscus var. asteriscus (starry rosinweed)
Silphium asteriscus var. dentatum
Silphium asteriscus var. latifolium
Silphium asteriscus var. simpsonii
Silphium asteriscus var. trifoliatum (whorled rosinweed)
Silphium gatesii f. truncatum

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Cumberland Gap National Hist. Park National Historical Park V 24282 Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, United States
Great Smoky Mountains National Park II 515454 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States
Shenandoah National Park II 108221 Virginia, United States
Southern Appalachian Biosphere Reserve 37548505 North Carolina, Tennessee, United States  
Tennessee River Gorge   Tennessee, United States

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0