Silphium

88: Laserpitio commonly known as Silphium) this might have even led to the extinction of a species (Koerper and Rolls, 1999).

Increased photosynthesis and water potentials in Silphium integrifolium galled by cynipid wasps.

Perennial rice, wheat, and sorghum are examples of the wide-hybridization efforts, while KernzaTm wheatgrass and Silphium oilseed crops are examples of rapid domestication.

Antibacterial activity of Silphium perfollatum extracts.

Better yet, try growing the cup plant (Silphium perfoliatum), which holds water in its leaves.

(especially aspera), Physostegia angustifolia, Polytaenia nuttalii, Prenanthes aspera, Ratibida pinnata, Silphium spp.

Condiments included herbs such as oregano, lovage and fennel seed, spices such as cumin and coriander and more exotic substances such as spikenard, mastic and sumac and the herb known as laser or silphium, which apparently became extinct in antiquity.

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In an earlier sketch Leopold talks of the loss of the cutleaf Silphium. If we were to see it on the side of the road most of us would probably take it to be a weed, but he portrays it in ways that highlight its strength and tenacity.

(1993) reported increased leaf photosynthesis, stomatal conductance, and water potential over ungalled shoots in galls induced by Antistrophus silphii Gillete 1891 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) on Silphium intergrifolium Michx.

A North African plant called silphium, now extinct, had a significant role in the economic well-being of the seventh-century B.C.

According to Boe, cup plant, or Silphium perfoliatum, is a member of the sunflower family found in moist low ground in the eastern Great Plains, where it can grow more than 7 feet tall.

Examples in Coreopsis, Silphium, Verbesina are described and illustrated in Bojnansky and Fargasova (2007).

He is depicted supervising the weighing and storing of roots of silphium, an extinct plant of the fennel family used for medical as well as culinary purposes.