Scientific Name: Silphium laciniatum L.

Caption: Compass Plant: Horizontal Composition

Photographer: Peter Gorman

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/52421717@N00/3608620977/

Locality: Black Earth, Wisconsin, United States (43.138784, -89.773578)

Notes: Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum), Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie. The leaves of this and its counsins Prairie Dock and Cup Plant are endlessly facsinating, both alive and dried.

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