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§1 Plant
Silphium compositum Michx.
vernacular kidneyleaf rosinweed — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Silphium
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 204 counties across 8 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 204 counties across 8 states/territories.
Florida view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Bartow 13015
- Charlton 13049
- Chattooga 13055
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Coffee 13069
- Dawson 13085
- Elbert 13105
- Floyd 13115
- Hall 13139
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Macon 13193
- Marion 13197
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Morgan 13211
- Murray 13213
- Muscogee 13215
- Newton 13217
- Oconee 13219
- Peach 13225
- Rabun 13241
- Stephens 13257
- Telfair 13271
- Upson 13293
- Walker 13295
- White 13311
North Carolina view state ↗ 67 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Anson 37007
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Burke 37023
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Catawba 37035
- Chatham 37037
- Cherokee 37039
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Durham 37063
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Granville 37077
- Guilford 37081
- Halifax 37083
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hoke 37093
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lincoln 37109
- Macon 37113
- Martin 37117
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Montgomery 37123
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Person 37145
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Stokes 37169
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Union 37179
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
South Carolina view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Anderson 45007
- Bamberg 45009
- Barnwell 45011
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Cherokee 45021
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Fairfield 45039
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Greenville 45045
- Greenwood 45047
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lancaster 45057
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Oconee 45073
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Richland 45079
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Sumter 45085
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Bath 51017
- Bedford 51019
- Botetourt 51023
- Brunswick 51025
- Campbell 51031
- Charlotte 51037
- Chesterfield 51041
- Craig 51045
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Giles 51071
- Greensville 51081
- Halifax 51083
- James City 51095
- Lunenburg 51111
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Montgomery 51121
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince George 51149
- Rockbridge 51163
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Warren 51187
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SICO5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3092567 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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