In July and August, gardens, wild spaces and prairies have been replete with compass plants. I’ve seen dozens at the corner of Midlothian and Magnolia Road in Mundelein, and hundreds in a prairie at ...

Best known for towering over the native prairie, the native Silphium laciniatum, or compass plant, is a long-lived and distinctive addition to the right central Ohio landscape. Compass plants are ...

Nestled in the rolling hills of Lawrence County remains a small population of compass plants, which are some of the few lasting remnants of the prairie days long ago. "It's the only compass plant ...