Parthenium hispidum Rafinesque. Section: Partheniastrum. Common name: Ozark Wild Quinine, Hispid Wild Quinine. Phenology: May-Jul (-Aug). Habitat: Barrens, prairies, especially over limestone or dolostone. Distribution: IL and KS south through the Interior Highlands to nw. LA and ne. TX; disjunct in c. TN.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Often treated as only varietally (or not at all taxonomically) distinct from P. integrifolium var. integrifolium, but sometimes sharply distinct.
Synonymy ⓘ: = C, GrPl, Il, SE1, Tx; = Parthenium hispidum Raf. var. hispidum — F; = Parthenium hispidum Raf. var. typicum Rollins — Rollins (1950); = Parthenium integrifolium L. var. hispidum (Raf.) Mears — Mo2, Tn, Mears (1975); < Parthenium integrifolium L. — Ar, FNA21, K4, Mi. Basionym: Parthenium hispidum Raf. 1836
Links to other floras: < Parthenium integrifolium - FNA21
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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