Plant Details

Accepted name:: Parthenium integrifolium L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american feverfew	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
missouri snakeroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
partenium	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
parthenium	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
prairie dock	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
prairie-dock	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
prärieampfer	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wild quinine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Parthenium amplectens Raf. New Fl. 4: 26 (1838), nom. superfl.
Parthenium auriculatum Britton in N.L.Britton & A.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 3: 521 (1898).
Parthenium hispidum Raf. New Fl. 4: 35 (1838).
Parthenium hispidum var. auriculatum (Britton) Rollins Contr. Gray Herb. 172: 61 (1950).
Parthenium hispidum var. typicum Rollins Contr. Gray Herb. 172: 61 (1950), not validly publ.
Parthenium integrifolium var. auriculatum (Britton) Cornelius ex Cronquist Rhodora 47: 399 (1945).
Parthenium integrifolium var. henryanum Mears Phytologia 31: 471 (1975).
Parthenium integrifolium var. hispidum (Raf.) Mears Phytologia 31: 477 (1975).
Parthenium integrifolium var. mabryanum Mears Phytologia 31: 475 (1975).
Parthenium integrifolium f. repens (Eggert) Mears Phytologia 31: 480 (1975).
Parthenium radfordii Mears Phytologia 31: 481 (1975).
Parthenium repens Eggert Cat. Phaeen. Vasc. Crypt. Pl. St. Louis: 16 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Parthenium integrifolium L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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