Silphium perfoliatum

Species category

Weed

Common name

cup plant, cupleaf rosinweed, squarestem rosinweed

Diagnostic characters

Planting unit

AcheneAchene:
A dry, hard, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in buckwheat (Fagopyrum) or sunflower (Helianthus). The fruit wall is not united with the seed coat.

Shape

ObovateObovate:
Inverted egg shaped with apical end the broadest.

Size

  • Length 8–11 mm
  • Width 7–8 mm
  • Thickness 2–3 mm

Color

Brown

Texture

Striate

Other structures

ApicalApical:
The distal end of the fruit or seed away from the point of attachment or attachment scar.
end indented.

Identification notes

No pappusPappus:
Modified calyx in Asteraceae, composed of hairs, bristles, awns, or scales. The pappus-like structure attached to milkweed seeds is termed a coma. 
. Margin winged.

Noxious weed seed categories

Not listed

AOSA examination list

Not included

Nomenclature

Family

Asteraceae

Valid name

Silphium perfoliatum L.

 Silphium perfoliatum.  Achenes with an indented apical end.
Silphium perfoliatum. Achenes with an indented apical end.
 Silphium perfoliatum.  Achenes with an indented apical end.
Silphium perfoliatum. Achenes with an indented apical end.