Index / Search / Silphium laciniatum
§1 Plant
Silphium laciniatum L.
vernacular compassplant — 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
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 503 counties across 25 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 503 counties across 25 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Ashley 05003
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Drew 05043
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Hempstead 05057
- Lafayette 05073
- Lonoke 05085
- Marion 05089
- Miller 05091
- Monroe 05095
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Ouachita 05103
- Perry 05105
- Pike 05109
- Polk 05113
- Prairie 05117
- Pulaski 05119
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sharp 05135
- Stone 05137
- Washington 05143
- White 05145
Colorado view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 87 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Logan 17107
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Rock Island 17161
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Tazewell 17179
- Vermilion 17183
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Adair 19001
- Audubon 19009
- Carroll 19027
- Cherokee 19035
- Crawford 19047
- Des Moines 19057
- Dickinson 19059
- Fremont 19071
- Guthrie 19077
- Hancock 19081
- Harrison 19085
- Ida 19093
- Iowa 19095
- Jackson 19097
- Lyon 19119
- Madison 19121
- Mahaska 19123
- O'Brien 19141
- Page 19145
- Plymouth 19149
- Pottawattamie 19155
- Ringgold 19159
- Sioux 19167
- Story 19169
- Taylor 19173
- Union 19175
- Woodbury 19193
Kansas view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Atchison 20005
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Brown 20013
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Dickinson 20041
- Doniphan 20043
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Grant 20067
- Greenwood 20073
- Harvey 20079
- Jackson 20085
- Jefferson 20087
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Nemaha 20131
- Neosho 20133
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Riley 20161
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sumner 20191
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
- Wyandotte 20209
Kentucky view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Blue Earth 27013
- Dakota 27037
- Dodge 27039
- Faribault 27043
- Fillmore 27045
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Houston 27055
- Jackson 27063
- Lincoln 27081
- Martin 27091
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nobles 27105
- Olmsted 27109
- Pipestone 27117
- Ramsey 27123
- Rice 27131
- Rock 27133
- Steele 27147
- Wabasha 27157
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
Mississippi view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 90 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Andrew 29003
- Atchison 29005
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Benton 29015
- Boone 29019
- Caldwell 29025
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Carroll 29033
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clark 29045
- Clay 29047
- Clinton 29049
- Cole 29051
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Daviess 29061
- DeKalb 29063
- Douglas 29067
- Gasconade 29073
- Gentry 29075
- Greene 29077
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Holt 29087
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Lincoln 29113
- Linn 29115
- Livingston 29117
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Mercer 29129
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Nodaway 29147
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Putnam 29171
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Scotland 29199
- Shelby 29205
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stone 29209
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Webster 29225
- Worth 29227
- Wright 29229
Nebraska view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Atoka 40005
- Blaine 40011
- Bryan 40013
- Cleveland 40027
- Comanche 40031
- Delaware 40041
- Grady 40051
- Grant 40053
- Greer 40055
- Haskell 40061
- Kay 40071
- Major 40093
- Marshall 40095
- Mayes 40097
- Murray 40099
- Muskogee 40101
- Oklahoma 40109
- Osage 40113
- Ottawa 40115
- Pawnee 40117
- Payne 40119
- Pontotoc 40123
- Pottawatomie 40125
- Tulsa 40143
- Washington 40147
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Bowie 48037
- Brazos 48041
- Burleson 48051
- Chambers 48071
- Comanche 48093
- Cooke 48097
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- Erath 48143
- Gillespie 48171
- Grayson 48181
- Harris 48201
- Hunt 48231
- Jack 48237
- Jasper 48241
- Kaufman 48257
- Kendall 48259
- Kerr 48265
- Lamar 48277
- Sabine 48403
- Tarrant 48439
- Tyler 48457
- Wise 48497
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 21 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SILA3 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3092583 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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