Rainwater is accumulated in the "cups" of the plant and are important breeding spots for dragonflies.
An Indian Cup plant in early spring.
The leaves are perfoliate which means that each pair of leaves on the stem are adjacent to each other and are joined at the base.
Indian cup in full bloom in mid-summer. Indian cup is closely related to the sunflowers since they are all in the same tribe Heliantheae.
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