Asteraceae
Cup plant
Silphium perfoliatum
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Silphium
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Common names
By language (6)
- Chinese
- 串叶松香草
- Czech
- Mužák prorostlý
- English
- Cup plant
- German
- Becherpflanze
- Hungarian
- Сsészekóró, Rózsagyom, Átnőttlevelű szilfium, Óriás szilfium
- Slovak
- Silfium zrastenolisté
Synonyms
- Silphium perfoliatum f. perfoliatum
- Silphium perfoliatum subsp. perfoliatum
- Silphium perfoliatum var. perfoliatum
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: JackyM59, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.