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Cup Plant
Date: July 21, 2005
Photographer: Jenna Tune
Common Name: Cup plant
Scientific Name: Silphium perfoliatum
Cup plant is a coarse, sunflower-like, Missouri native plant which occurs in low woods and thickets, meadows, prairie stream/pond peripheries and along railroad tracks throughout the State. It typically grows on tough, erect stems to 4-8' tall. Its leaves form a cup where they meet its square stem. (Plant info from http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/alpha.asp.)
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