Thank you for writing about this Silphium--one of my favorite native plants! I love that the people going West used it as a directional tool. I’m sharing your article on the Wild Ones River City Facebook page.
Diane, thank you for this recognition of a plant that's hard to find, at least in our area. We've lived in the TX Hill Country for 30 years. and have seen only one, a white one. Maybe 24"-30" tall, it grew in the ditch along our gravel road for at least 18 years--an isolate, not part of a colony. I took the first photo of it in 2005 and have taken several others since, remarking on its persistence. Unfortunately, a neighbor scraped out the ditch with his tractor blade last year. The plant didn't reappear this year, but I remember it--sadly--every time I drive past its spot.
Wow! 100 years?? How beautiful— thank you for this, Diane. Im a Des Moines transplant, deeply enjoying exploring this ecosystem. 🌻
Amazing plant !!
I live in northern Alberta so it seems not.
Wow !! What a story.
I will look for them now.
Instead of the stars, the flowers!
They’re out at Lamson! Thank you Diane, just love this. The pioneers traveling the prairie seas with the help of this beautiful plant.
Thank you for writing about this Silphium--one of my favorite native plants! I love that the people going West used it as a directional tool. I’m sharing your article on the Wild Ones River City Facebook page.
Diane, thank you for this recognition of a plant that's hard to find, at least in our area. We've lived in the TX Hill Country for 30 years. and have seen only one, a white one. Maybe 24"-30" tall, it grew in the ditch along our gravel road for at least 18 years--an isolate, not part of a colony. I took the first photo of it in 2005 and have taken several others since, remarking on its persistence. Unfortunately, a neighbor scraped out the ditch with his tractor blade last year. The plant didn't reappear this year, but I remember it--sadly--every time I drive past its spot.