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Plant Profile  

Common Name: Compass Plant

Other names: Rosin Weed

Species Name: Silphium laciniatum

Plant Type: Forb

Family Name: Asteraceae, Sunflower Family

 

 

 

 

Plant Facts  
Origin Native
Duration Perennial
Distribution in the U.S. Midwest, from Minnesota south to Arkansas and Texas
Distribution in Oklahoma Throughout the state, highest populations in center half of state

 

 

ID Characteristics

 

 

Habitat/Ecology  
Soil Type Loam, clay, sandy and rocky soil
Habitat Tallgrass prairie
Successional Stage Mid to late

 

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