Putnam Park Wildflowers

Flower ID: IMG_1255.JPG-10-02-2018
Flower name (scientific): Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum Linnaeus PY: 1753
Flower name (common): Cup Plant
Family name (common): Aster
Family name (scientific): Asteraceae
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Flower description:
     Size: 1.7 to 3.5 inches ( 4.3 to 8.9 cm)
     Petal count: 21
     Color: yellow
     Other: flower arrangement, Panicle
Plant description:
     Size: 36 to 96 inches ( 91. to 244. cm)
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Leaf description: attachment is opposite, type is simple
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     Other: Shape: leaf, deltate, lanceolate, or ovate (FNA), broadly lanceolate to cordate (IL)
Origin (native, introduced, invasive): Native
Status (common, uncommon, threatened, rare): Uncommon
Bloom time (typical): July to September
Cycle (annual, biennial, perennial): Perennial
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Distribution: In Wisconsin: (Adams, Buffalo, Columbia, Crawford, Dane, Dodge, Douglas, Dunn, Grant, Green, Iowa, Jackson, Kenosha, La Crosse, Lafayette, Monroe, Oneida, Pierce, Richland, Rock, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Walworth, Washington, Waukesha) Click here for distribution map
In US: (AL, AR, CT, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV)
In Canada: (ON, QC)
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