Silphium perfoliatum


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: 5 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 5.
Width: 3 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 3.
Lifespan: perennial
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Exposure: sun, part-sun
USDA Zones: 5 to 10
Flower features: orange, yellow
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Cultivation
Exposure: ?"?" is not in the list (sun, part-sun, shade, unknown) of allowed values for the "Exposure" property.
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Scientific Names



Read about Silphium perfoliatum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Silphium perfoliatum, Linn. (S. erythrocaulon, Bernh.). Cup Plant. Indian Cup. St. square, usually dentate, branched above, about 6 ft. high: lvs. thin, ovate or deltoid-ovate, the lower contracted into margined petioles, the upper opposite, connate-perfoliate: fl.- heads 2-3 in. across, with 20-30 rays. July. Aug. Ont. to S. D. and Ga. B.B. (ed. 2) 3:460. G.W. 11, p. 473. CH


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