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compassplant
Silphium laciniatum
Colorado
- Dimensions
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Height: 5.0 ft. to 9.0 ft.
Spread: 1.5 ft. to 3.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low, Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Mountains
- Season of Bloom
- June, July, August, September
- Flower Color
- Yellow Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Accent Plant, Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Nutrient Poor, Variable
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Important adult food source for twelve bee, twenty-seven specialist butterflies and larval food source for seven specialist butterflies.