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Saturday - October 03, 2009
From: Delhi, India
Region: Other
Topic: Non-Natives, Seed and Plant Sources
Title: Donation of seeds of Silphium Terebinthinaceum to India
Answered by: Barbara Medford
QUESTION:
Hi, I am located in India. I am planning to plant Silphium Terebinthinaceum in my garden in India. Please let me know who can donate me seeds to India. I need 20-30 seeds.ANSWER:
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, TX is dedicated to the use, care and propagation of plants native not only to North America but to the area in which the plant is being grown. Silphium terebinthinaceum (prairie rosinweed) is native to 18 states in the United States and Ontario in Canada. That is the extent of our activity and expertise. We have no connections with anyone who might donate seed, and since the plant is probably not native to India, it could become a non-native invasive in your country, not a good thing.
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