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White Rosinweed

Silphium albiflorum

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

Compass Plant, White-flowered Rosinweed

Photo Credit: Bransford, W.D. and Dolphia www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=11254
Photo Credit: Bransford, W.D. and Dolphia www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=11254
Photo Credit: Flaigg, Norman G., https://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=15989
Photo Credit: Flaigg, Norman G., https://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=15989

Plant Ecoregion Distribution Map

Native Habitat: Grassland
Cross Timbers, Edwards Plateau, Texas Blackland Prairies

Maintenance

This is a good plant for rock gardens and native gardens and rocky hillsides. Flowering late spring-summer. Native Habitat: Prairies, open fields, calcareous soils

Comments

White Rosinweed is an extremely long-lived perennial with a taproot that can reach 15 feet long. White Rosinweed is of special importance to native bees.

Growth Form

Herbaceous

Height

1 to
3 ft

Spread

1 to
3 ft

Soil Type(s)

Sand, Gravelly, Limestone, Caliche, Calcareous

Light Requirement

Sun

Water Requirement

Low

Leaf Retention

Deciduous

Lifespan

Perennial

Bloom Color

White

Bloom Season

Spring, Summer

Seasonal Interest

Seeds, Nectar, Pollen

Wildlife Benefit

Butterflies, Birds, Nectar Insects, Bees

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References

1) https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt 2) http://bonap.net/TDC/Image/Map?taxonType=Species&taxonId=4323&locationType=County&mapType=Normal 3) https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SIAL, 4) https://portal.torcherbaria.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=Silphium+albiflorum&formsubmit=Search+Terms

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