compass plant

See also: compassplant

English

Alternative forms

• compassplant

Noun

compass plant (plural compass plants)

1. Any of several plants, the leaves of which become oriented to the morning sun:
   1. Lactuca serriola, native to Europe, widely introduced to temperate regions.
   2. Silphium laciniatum, native to eastern North America.
   3. Wyethia angustifolia, California compass plant, native to western North America.

Translations

Lactuca serriola

• Finnish: piikkisalaatti

Silphium laciniatum

• Finnish: liuskakompassikukka

Wyethia angustifolia