NameThatPlant.net: Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium FAMILY Asteraceae Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Parthenium at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-57-001a:

Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium FAMILY Asteraceae

COMMON NAME:
Common Wild Quinine

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium FAMILY Asteraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium FAMILY Asteraceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-57-001a:
Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium FAMILY Asteraceae

1030

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: woodlands, roadsides, various dryish habitats, mainly open or sparsely wooded, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in SC Piedmont & NC Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Rays: White, Cream
Disc: White, Cream
Inferior ovary
Disc flowers functionally staminate/ Ray flowers pistillate & fertile

Flower heads borne in corymbiform to paniculiform arrays

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Blackish
Achene

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