Dried Silphium?
5 years ago
These dried wildflower stems were found in a ditch by a trail. They were about 3.5' tall with the sepals about half dollar-sized. They seem to resemble something like Silphium radula (Roughstem Rosinweed)? Any idea what they actually are?
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