Silphium brachiatum
Appearance
Silphium brachiatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Silphium |
Species: | S. brachiatum
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Binomial name | |
Silphium brachiatum |
Silphium brachiatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known commonly as Cumberland rosinweed.[1] It is a rare member of the genus Silphium and is native to the southern Cumberland Plateau where it is found in only a few counties of Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee. It was described by Augustin Gattinger, the first state botanist of Tennessee.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "US Wildflower - Cumberland Rosinweed - Silphium brachiatum". USWildflowers.com. Retrieved 2021-11-30.