Silphium laciniatum (Compass Plant) gift-card bees Deer resistant Yes Notes

bees Deer resistant Yes Notes Thorny

It prefers poorer

It also makes a lovely cut flower

Berries are poisonous

Texas Beargrass requires good drainage

Silphium laciniatum (Compass Plant) gift-card bees Deer resistant Yes NotesCompass 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