Compassplant (Silphium laciniatum)
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Credit: Anneli Salo | Own work | License: GFDL -
Credit: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown | An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. | License: PD USDA NRCS
Silphium Laciniatum, or more commonly know as Compassplant, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) of the genus Silphium. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. Silphium Laciniatum or Compassplant's floral region is North America US Lower 48
