Thanks Nancy
I did a little reading about this plant being generally oriented on a North/South axis (how it got its name) and this one was true to form. The source said its taproot is 9 to 14 feet deep and is drought resistant. This jogged my memory about Aldo Leopoldo talking about it in A Sand County Almanac and how it represents the Wisconsin prairie.
This looks like compass plant.
More complete name – “compass plant”, Silphium laciniatum, in the Asteraceae (sunflower family).
Thanks Nancy
I did a little reading about this plant being generally oriented on a North/South axis (how it got its name) and this one was true to form. The source said its taproot is 9 to 14 feet deep and is drought resistant. This jogged my memory about Aldo Leopoldo talking about it in A Sand County Almanac and how it represents the Wisconsin prairie.