Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Wildflowers
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Silphium perfoliatum var. connatum
Family: (Asteraceae)
(P) to 8′. Hairy Cup-Plant. This plant is found wild from the mountains of West Virginia to North Carolina. It has rough, hairy stems and leaves, with branched, open sprays of cheerful, golden yellow, sunflower-like blooms with green centres. It differs from S. perfoliatum by having larger ray florets and blooming a few weeks earlier. Sun. 3 & T2
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