Silphium+perfoliatum

Silphium perfoliatum

Other common names:

v Cup plant v Carpenter’s weed

v Cup rosinweed

v Compass plant

v Pilot weed

v Squareweed

v Indian cup

Appearance:

v Height- 3-8 ft.

v Diameter- 2.5 cm.

v Stem is square like and a slightly hairy

v Leaves- are opposite, jagged, and oval shaped.

v Petals- fused around the stem (which forms a cup shape), are yellow and relatively small

v Look very similar to sunflowers

v Flowers appear from midsummer to fall

v They grow in the eastern sides of the US and Canada

Value for Eagle Marsh

v Has high protein levels which are useful for animals

v The root can be used medicinally

v The resin the plant produces can be used to freshen breath

Interesting Facts

v Many Indian tribes used the plant in a potion they took before they went hunting and medicinally

v The powdered form of this plant can help symptoms of a fever, dry cough, asthma, and heart and liver disease.

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