Silphium laciniatum (Compass Plant) gift-card Host plant Pepper and Salt

Host plant Pepper and Salt Skipper

and it is a host plant for skipper butterflies

Texas Beargrass requires good drainage

bees Deer resistant Yes Notes Thorny

often forming thickets

Silphium laciniatum (Compass Plant) gift-card Host plant Pepper and SaltCompass Plant is a tall, coarse, slow growing and long lived perennial. It has deeply cut, hairy leaves that usually orient themselves north and south. It features eye catching sunflower like flowers in the summer. The hardened sap of this plant can be chewed like gum. Compass Plant has a large, woody taproot. It is slow to establish and may not flower until the second or third year. It is native to Blackland Prairie regions and often grows with Big