Compass Plant Texas Native Height: 3'-6'

Height: 3'-6'

dark green leaves that emerge as yellow-green when new

Thornquist Century Plant

aurantiaca (both native to northwestern Mexico)

Also known as Frostweed

Compass Plant Texas Native Height: 3'-6'Silphium laciniatum A herbaceous perennial native to prairies, glades, roadsides, railroad right of ways, and other open, disturbed habitats in the Midwest and portions of the southern United States. A tall, sturdy, rough, bristly plant that grows on stiff, hairy, resinous stems to 9' tall. Features sunflower like flowers (to 5" wide) with yellow rays and yellow center disks. Flowers bloom in loose spikes on the upper parts of the plant in summer.