SCIENTIFIC NAME: Silphium integrifolium
COMMON NAMES: Rosinweed, Entire-leaf Rosinweed, Prairie Rosinweed, Whole-leaf Rosinweed
BLOOM TIME: July, Aug, Sept
PLANT PROFILE:
- Flowers look like small sunflowers.
- Leaves feel like rough and sandpapery on the top surface.
- Root depth is 12 to 14 foot while the plant can be 2 to 3 foot tall.
- Native American and Pioneer children chewed resin as gum.
- Seldom seen in cultivated fields, livestock will eat it out of existence.
- Recovers quickly from wildfires.
INSECT/ANIMAL INTERACTIONS:
- The seeds are eaten occasionally by Goldfinches.
- The pollen & nectar of the flowers attract honeybees, bumblebees, Little Carpenter bees, Cuckoo bees, Miner bees, & large Leaf-Cutting bees.