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Encyclopedia Britannica



COMPASS PLANT

This article appears in Volume V06, Page 809 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: COM-COR
COMPASS PLANT , a native of the
North
 
American
  prairies, which takes its name from the position assumed by the leaves. These turn their edges to
north
  and
south
 , thus avoiding the excessive mid-day heat, while getting the full benefit of the
morning
  and evening rays. The plant is known botanically as Silphium laciniatum, and belongs to the natural
order
 
Compositae
 . Another member of the same
order
 , Lactuca Scariola, which has been regarded as the origin of the cultivated
lettuce
  (L. saliva), behaves in the same way when growing in dry exposed places ; it is a native of Europe and
northern
 
Asia
  which has got introduced into North
America
 .


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