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Silphium integrifolium - Michx.

Common Name Prairie Rosinweed
Family Asteraceae
USDA hardiness 4-8
Known Hazards None known
Habitats Mesic to dry black soil prairies, gravel prairies, clay prairies, hill prairies, openings in rocky upland forests, limestone glades, and areas along railroads, particularly where prairie remnants occur. This plant can survive significant degradation, and recovers readily from occasional wildfires. It competes well against most prairie grasses and forbs in mesic to dry areas.
Range Native to eastern North America, including Ontario in Canada and the eastern and central United States as far west as New Mexico.
Edibility Rating    (3 of 5)
Other Uses    (2 of 5)
Weed Potential No
Medicinal Rating    (1 of 5)
Care (info)
Fully Hardy Well drained soil Moist Soil Full sun
Silphium integrifolium Prairie Rosinweed


Silphium integrifolium Prairie Rosinweed
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Summary


Physical Characteristics

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Silphium integrifolium is a PERENNIAL growing to 1.8 m (6ft) by 0.9 m (3ft in) at a fast rate.
See above for USDA hardiness. It is hardy to UK zone 4.
It is noted for attracting wildlife.
Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in heavy clay and nutritionally poor soils. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil and can tolerate drought.

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Synonyms

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa: Silphium integrifolium var. integrifolium. Silphium integrifolium var. laeve Torr. & A.Gray.

Habitats

Edible Uses

Edible Parts: Oil
Edible Uses: Oil

Carbon Farming Solutions - Staple Crop: protein-oil (The term staple crop typically refers to a food that is eaten routinely and accounts for a dominant part of people's diets in a particular region of the world) [1-1]. Under development at the Land Institute to domesticate this species for use as an oilseed crop. Trials yielded 1.1t/ha of seed [1-1].

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Medicinal Uses

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Native American peoples used the roots to treat pain from injuries [4].

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Other Uses

Oil

Garden Ornamental. Compared to other Silphium species, it is shorter, less likely to topple over, and faster from seed to flower. More manageable than most perennial sunflowers as it spreads slowly, and it is not known to be allelopathic. Adapts well to prairies, wildflower/native plant gardens, naturalized areas, meadows or moist, open woodland areas. Attracts birds and butterflies

Special Uses

Carbon Farming

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Cultivation details

Management: Standard  Staple Crop: Protein-oil  Under Development

Climate: boreal to warm temperate. Humidity: semi-arid to humid. It needs full sun, poor to loamy soils, and mesic to dry conditions. Average, medium moisture, well-drained soils. Tolerates some light shade. Also tolerates some drought once established. Will grow in a variety of soils including sandy, loamy or clay ones. Cultivation: under development. Management: standard (Describes the non-destructive management systems that are used in cultivation) [1-1].

Carbon Farming

  • Management: Standard  Plants grow to their standard height. Harvest fruit, seeds, or other products. Non-Destructive management systems.
  • Staple Crop: Protein-oil  (16+ percent protein, 16+ percent oil). Annuals include soybeans, peanuts, sunflower seeds. Perennials include seeds, beans, nuts, and fruits such as almond, Brazil nut, pistachio, walnut, hazel, and safou.
  • Under Development  Plant breeders are actively working to domesticate these plants for cultivation, but they are not yet commercially available as crops. Examples include most of the perennial cereal grains.

References   Carbon Farming Information and Carbon Sequestration Information

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Propagation

Seed. Plants may be slow to establish in the garden, particularly when grown from seed. Plants often self-seed in optimum growing conditions. Plants develop taproots. Once established, division is not recommended.

Other Names

If available other names are mentioned here

Rosinweed, Prairie Rosinweed, Wholeleaf Rosinweed, Whole-leaf rosinweed, Entire-leaf rosinweed

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Found In

Countries where the plant has been found are listed here if the information is available

Native to eastern North America, including Ontario in Canada and the eastern and central United States as far west as New Mexico.

Weed Potential

Right plant wrong place. We are currently updating this section. Please note that a plant may be invasive in one area but may not in your area so it’s worth checking.

None Known

Conservation Status

IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants Status : This taxon has not yet been assessed

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Latin NameCommon NameHabitHeightHardinessGrowthSoilShadeMoistureEdibleMedicinalOther
Silphium laciniatumCompass Plant, Robinson's compassplantPerennial2.0 4-8  LMHSNM22 
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Silphium terebinthinaceumPrairie Dockm, Prairie rosinweed, Lucy Braun's rosinweedPerennial1.5 4-8  LMHSNM021
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Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.

 

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