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UNDER DEVELOPMENT
This is a new version of the Plant Finder currently under development.

Find Plants:

Cup Plant
Silphium perfoliatum

Type:
Herb
Light Exposure:
Full Sun
Soil Moisture:
Dry
Height:
10 feet
Project:
Boulevard, Erosion Control, Raingarden, Restoration, Upland Buffer
Bloom Color:
Yellow
Bloom Months:
July, August, September
Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
Moderate
Salt Tolerance:
Medium
Stress Tolerance:
General Disturbance
Herbivore Sensitivity:
Low
Behavior (Rate of Spread):
1
Pollinator Value:
Very High
Benefit to Pollinators:
Adult Food, Larval Food, Nesting and Structure (Bees)
Pollinators:
Beetles, Bombus, Butterflies, Flies, Honey Bees, Larval Host (Moth), Monarchs, Moths, Native Bees, Nesting and Structure (Bees), Wasps
Counties:
Anoka, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac qui, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, Meeker, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Olmsted, Pine, Pipestone, Ramsey, Redwood, Rice, Rock, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Stevens, Swift, Wabasha, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine

Notes/Description:

A robust, native, perennial herb, usually 4-6' tall, with sunflower-like heads up to 4" across and unique leaves that form a "cup" that holds rainwater, hense its common name. Used in wetland and prairie restorations. It has also been used for shoreline, buffer and vegetated swale and stabilization. It is also an ideal plant for the background of rain water gardens.

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