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Common Wild Quinine

Parthenium hysterophorus

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Not native

Not native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 18%

Soil moisture
Somewhat dry to moist

At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 3 Arkansas counties.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

20CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR

Genus host records with ranges including AR · 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
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  • Hyphantria cuneaFall Webworm
  • Melanchra pictaPainted Arches, Zebra Caterpillar Moth
  • Ogdoconta cinereolaCommon Pinkband Groundling
  • Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
  • Platynota stultanaOmnivorous Leafroller
  • Pleuroprucha insulsariaCommon Tan Wave
  • Rachiplusia ouGray Looper
  • Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
  • Vanessa carduiPainted Lady, Cosmopolite
  • Platynota nigrocervina
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
—BeesSoutheastern regional records
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
Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
ASTERACEAE

What its natural habitat tells you

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

Conservation status

Arkansas rankSNA
Global rankNot available
AR statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source

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