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Common Wild Quinine

Parthenium integrifolium

73
Strong

Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

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Height
2–4 feet
Spread
1–2 feet
Light
Full sun
Soil moisture
Somewhat dry to moist

Space about 1.5 ft apart from its recorded spread, about 44 per 100 sq ft. Enter your bed size for a count

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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial
Bloom
Summer and fall

Not yet recorded · Leaves

Recorded in 21 Alabama counties.

Care

  • Move after hard frost ends, before active spring growth.
Care sources
Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

22CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Parthenium

  • Achyra rantalisGarden Webworm Moth
  • Agrotis ipsilonIpsilon Dart, Black Cutworm, Greasy Cutworm
  • Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
  • Chrysodeixis includensSoybean Looper Moth
  • Condica sutorThe Cobbler, Cobbler Groundling
  • Cyclophora nanariaDwarf Tawny Wave
  • Epiblema strenuanaRagweed Borer
  • Estigmene acreaSalt Marsh Moth, Acrea Moth
  • Heliothis phloxiphagaSpotted Straw Sun Moth, Darker Spotted Straw Moth
  • Hellinsia inquinatusBlack-Marked Plume Moth
Show all 22
  • Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
  • Ogdoconta cinereolaCommon Pinkband Groundling
  • Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
  • Platynota rostranaOmnivorous Platynota
  • Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
  • Pleuroprucha asthenariaAsthene Wave
  • Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
  • Rachiplusia ouGray Looper
  • Spragueia guttataSpotted Spragueia
  • Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
  • Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
  • Carmenta ithacae
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
11BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Parthenium

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
1Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Parthenium

  • Andrena gardineri
Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Beetles 4
  • Diabrotica 12-punctata
  • Pentaria trifasciata
  • Trichius piger
  • Typocerus sinuatus

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Flies 7
  • Calythea albicincta
  • Cistogaster occidua
  • Lucilia sylvarum
  • Phorantha purpurascens
  • Sphaerophoria cylindrica
  • Stomoxys calcitrans
  • Zodion fulvifrons

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other wasps 4
  • Cerceris robertsonii
  • Leionotus clypeatus
  • Sphex nigricans
  • Vipio robertsonii

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

Other insects 3
  • Calocoris rapidus
  • Corimelaena pulicaria
  • Lygus pratensis

Flower visits · Carlinville, Illinois, USA

No records yet · Ants · Adult butterflies / moths

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Asteraceae
Hardiness
Zones 4a–8b
Soil pH
Neutral to alkaline
Flower color
White

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope
Also known as

Feverfew; Wild Quinine

Conservation status

Alabama rankSNR
Global rankG5
AL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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Growing cautions

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Sources