Asteraceae FAMILY

Silphium terebinthinaceum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Silphium terebinthinaceum is a herbaceous perennial plant growing from a taprppt; it produces a basal clump of leaves in its first year of growth, with almost leafless flowering stems 100 - 250cm or more tall produced from the second year onwards[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. , 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of gum.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEastern N. America - Wisconsin to Ontario and New York, south to Arkansas, Mississippi and Georgia

HabitatPrairies, dry woods and glades[ 222 Title A Field Guide to Medicinal Plants. Eastern and Central N. America. Publication Author Foster. S. & Duke. J. A. Publisher Houghton Mifflin Co. Year 1990 ISBN 0395467225 Description A concise book dealing with almost 500 species. A line drawing of each plant is included plus colour photographs of about 100 species. Very good as a field guide, it only gives brief details about the plants medicinal properties. , 235 Title An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada Publication Author Britton. N. L. Brown. A. Publisher Dover Publications. New York. Year 1970 ISBN 0-486-22642-5 Description Reprint of a 1913 Flora, but still a very useful book. ]. Wet or dry prairies, fens, disturbed sites free of underbrush; at elevations from 100 - 500 metres[ 270 Title Flora of N. America Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/fna/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line version of the flora with an excellent description of the plant including a brief mention of plant uses. ].