Silphium asteriscus

Classification	Dicots
Family	Asteraceae
Family (Traditional)	Asteraceae
Genus	Silphium
Species:	Silphium asteriscus
Common Name
Growth Habit	**
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics
C value
Status
Specimen(s)	View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Subspecies and Varieties

Currently no photos are available for this plant.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Counties - Species Present

Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Benton (TN), Campbell (TN), Cannon (TN), Cheatham (TN), Claiborne (TN), Cocke (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Dickson (TN), Franklin (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hamilton (TN), Lawrence (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Polk (TN), Scott (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, TENN, UCHT, UOS, UTM, VDB

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1973 - 1997

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
UOS01288	Franklin	Tennessee	16 Jul 1996	Landon E. McKinney	UOS Silphium asteriscus
UTM02113	Benton	Tennessee			UTM Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226724	Claiborne	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
ETSU031800		Tennessee			ETSU Silphium asteriscus
HTTU035039	Scott	Tennessee			HTTU Silphium asteriscus
UCHT039311	Campbell	Tennessee			UCHT Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226729	Cocke	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226721	Cannon	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
31234100288610	Lawrence	Tennessee	17 Aug 1991	Ronald L. Jones 6888	EKY Silphium asteriscus
ETSU012972	Dickson	Tennessee			ETSU Silphium asteriscus
UCHT037893	Polk	Tennessee			UCHT Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226731	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226717	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226732	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
ETSU031801		Tennessee			ETSU Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226718	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226720	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226733	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226725	Claiborne	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
BRIT100324		Tennessee			VDB Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226728	Cocke	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
UCHT039100	Hamilton	Tennessee			UCHT Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226726	Claiborne	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226730	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226722	Cheatham	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226727	Claiborne	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
31973000003550	Dickson	Tennessee	22 Jul 1973	Gonsoulin, Gene 3180	KNK Silphium asteriscus
31234100288578	Marion	Tennessee	06 Jul 1987	Ronald L. Jones 5068	EKY Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226719	Campbell	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
31234100288628	Cheatham	Tennessee	19 Jul 1994	Henry R. DeSelm	EKY Silphium asteriscus
TENN-V-0226723	Claiborne	Tennessee			TENN Silphium asteriscus
31234100288636	Cheatham	Tennessee	29 Jul 1975	Ronald L. Jones 715	EKY Silphium asteriscus
31234100288602	Maury	Tennessee	11 Aug 1990	Ronald L. Jones 6615	EKY Silphium asteriscus
ETSU012971	Hamblen	Tennessee			ETSU Silphium asteriscus
UOS01289	Franklin	Tennessee	15 Jun 1996	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Silphium asteriscus
UOS01286	Franklin	Tennessee	23 Jun 1997	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Silphium asteriscus

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