Silphium mysterianus (Crock)*

Yes. Silphium mysterinaus is quite the bee draw. Not only is this particular Silphium a great bee draw, it draws large, good-looking bees like this one, Svastra obliqua.

Dang. OK. The pot or bucket that Siphium mysterianus stays in at the CB is not draining. We need to unplug the tiny drain holes to keep the Silphium mysterianus from drowning.

Yes. Silphium mysterianus may be adapted to wetter soils than some of the other Silphiums, but it's not entirely aquatic either.

OK. What are the various common names somebody applied to Silphium mysterianus? Well there’s mystery rosinweed, non-jurisdictional wetland rosinweed, anus rosinweed, big bee rosinweed, soggy bottom rosinweed, rough bottom rosinweed, bottoms in general rosinweed and happy sunflower rosinweed.

* Long has Crumby Ovate threatened that he was fixing to start making up names for those species nobody knows what is/are. Handily, Dr. Crock has agreed to sponsor all the new synonomy that is liable to emerge on this site.