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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Parthenium integrifolium var. mabryanum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
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Very similar to Common Wild-quinine, but shorter in stature, smaller and narrower leaves, and fewer heads per plant. Some plants have leaves with lobed or undulate margins. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parthenium integrifolium var. mabryanum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Parthenium integrifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Parthenium integrifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Parthenium integrifolium var. mabryanum
INCLUDING The taxonomy of Parthenium Section Partheniastrum DC. (Asteraceae-Ambrosiinae) (Mears, 1975)
Parthenium radfordii
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-57-001a?:
Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium FAMILY Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Parthenium integrifolium
COMMON NAME:
Sandhill Wild Quinine, Mabry's Wild Quinine, Carolina Wild Quinine
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Alan S. Weakley asw_5646746058764386
May Cumberland County NC
Carvers Creek State Park
Blades of basal leaves linear-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, sometimes undulately lobed, per Weakley's Flora (2023).
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Alan S. Weakley asw_10231869845585111
July Hoke County NC
The "radfordii" lobed form always occurs with unlobed plants, so does not warrant species status. — Alan Weakley
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Parthenium integrifolium var. mabryanum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parthenium integrifolium var. mabryanum
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Parthenium integrifolium
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Parthenium integrifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Parthenium integrifolium var. mabryanum
INCLUDING
The taxonomy of Parthenium Section Partheniastrum DC. (Asteraceae-Ambrosiinae) (Mears, 1975)
Parthenium radfordii
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-57-001a?:
Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium
FAMILY
Asteraceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Parthenium integrifolium
4789
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, Piedmont oak-pine woodlands, and other sunny situations in dry soils (roadsides), per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas
Uncommon
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
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/Fall
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p264
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p043
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