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cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
Silphium perfoliatum, the cup plant or cup-plant, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to eastern and central North America. It is an erect herbaceous perennial with triangular toothed leaves, and daisy-like yellow composite flower heads in summer.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Maria Sibylla Merian — Der rupsen begin, voedzel en wonderbaare verandering (1712)
Maria Sibylla Merian · 1717 · p.73
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.109
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.109
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.166
History of Rare Plants of Pannonia
Carolus Clusius · 1576 · p.430
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Silphium perfoliatum in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 81599.