genus
Rosinweeds
Silphium
Field notes
Children
- Cup Plant native
- Compass Plant native
- Prairie Rosinweed native
- Prairie Dock native
- Starry Rosinweed native
- Kidney-leaf Rosinweed native
- Roughstem Rosinweed present
- White Rosinweed native
- Slender Rosinweed native
- Gates' Rosinweed present
- Tansy Rosinweed native
- Mohr's Rosinweed native
- Sticky Rosinweed native
- Cumberland Rosinweed native
- Silphium reniforme native
- Compass Dock
- Black Belt Rosinweed native
- Appalachian Rosinweed
- Old Cahaba Rosinweed native
- Silphium integrifolium × perfoliatum
- Silphium integrifolium × laciniatum
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native rosinweeds All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Starry Rosinweed
Silphium asteriscus
caterpillars
4
bees
6
food
5
flowers
48
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Cup Plant
Silphium perfoliatum
caterpillars
3
bees
7
food
11
flowers
173
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Prairie Rosinweed
Silphium integrifolium
caterpillars
3
bees
6
hosts
1
food
8
flowers
73
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Compass Plant
Silphium laciniatum
caterpillars
3
bees
6
food
3
flowers
55
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Prairie Dock
Silphium terebinthinaceum
caterpillars
3
bees
6
food
3
flowers
47
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Kidney-leaf Rosinweed
Silphium compositum
caterpillars
2
bees
6
food
3
flowers
20
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Tansy Rosinweed
Silphium pinnatifidum
caterpillars
1
bees
4
food
3
flowers
21
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Slender Rosinweed
Silphium gracile
caterpillars
1
bees
3
food
3
flowers
15
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White Rosinweed
Silphium albiflorum
caterpillars
1
bees
2
food
3
flowers
14
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Silphium reniforme
bees
5
food
3
flowers
21
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Mohr's Rosinweed
Silphium mohrii
bees
3
food
3
flowers
20
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Cumberland Rosinweed
Silphium brachiatum
bees
3
food
3
flowers
19
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Sticky Rosinweed
Silphium glutinosum
bees
3
food
3
flowers
16
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Old Cahaba Rosinweed
Silphium perplexum
bees
3
food
3
flowers
16
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Black Belt Rosinweed
Silphium confertifolium