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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium   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

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:
Common Wild Quinine


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image of Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium, Common Wild Quinine

Alan S. Weakley    asw_621973769857014

May    Granville County    NC

image of Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium, Common Wild Quinine

JK Marlow    jkm170527_054

May    McCormick County    SC

image of Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium, Common Wild Quinine

JK Marlow    jkm170527_055

May    McCormick County    SC

image of Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium, Common Wild Quinine

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_integrifolium_1

June        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_integrifolium_1b

June        

Five tiny white rays are evenly spaced around the 1/4" disc, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium, Common Wild Quinine

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_p_integrifolium_1c

June        

Disc florets functionally staminate (filaments distinct, anthers connate), per Flora of North America.

image of Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium, Common Wild Quinine

JK Marlow    s050618_a

June    Oconee County    SC

Basal leaves ovate to elliptic, 3-8" long, round-toothed, long-petioled, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium, Common Wild Quinine

Tim Spira    tpspintegrifolium_with

June        

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Bobbie L Holt    blh1030_a

July    Anderson County    SC

Carolina Wild Native Plant Nursery

image of Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium, Common Wild Quinine

JK Marlow    jkm0407c_03

July    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Numerous small heads in flat-topped clusters at ends of stem and branches, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium, Common Wild Quinine

JK Marlow    jkm090726_133

July    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Pollinator at work.

image of Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium, Common Wild Quinine

JK Marlow    jkm090726_136

July    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

Thick, rough-surfaced, sparsely toothed, alternate leaves, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium, Common Wild Quinine

JK Marlow    jkm230720_4625

July    Greenville County    SC

Chestnut Ridge Heritage Preserve

Lower cauline leaves petiolate, the petioles winged or not, seldom auriculate-clasping, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

image of Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium, Common Wild Quinine

JK Marlow    s050716_b

July    Oconee County    SC

image of Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium, Common Wild Quinine

Wesley Burnett    gwb1030_1494

July-August?    Oconee County    SC

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JK Marlow    jkm061029_167

October    Oconee County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Andrew Pickens Ranger District

image of Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium, Common Wild Quinine

JK Marlow    jkm211027_4597

October    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium, Common Wild Quinine

JK Marlow    jkm0411g_37

November    Oconee County    SC

Upper leaves smaller than lower, often sessile, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Parthenium integrifolium var. integrifolium, Common Wild Quinine

JK Marlow    jkm0411h_03

November    Oconee County    SC

 

 

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 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

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

 

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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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