Parthenium hysterophorus L.

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The New York Botanical Garden and
University of the Free State
NYBG / MRL Floristic & Phytochemical Survey
Asteraceae
I Parthenium hysterophorus
j determined by: J. Venter: 2001
| Annual herb , 1.5 m high. Leaves compound, leaflet margins dentate. Inflorescence a
j small capitulum with disc florets white, tubular, ray florets absent. Fruit an achene..
j South Africa, Mpumalanga, Piet Retief. Songimvelo Nature Reserve, just outside
Kromdraai Camp.
Savanna with Peltophorum, Solanum, Eragrostis curvula, Tagetes, Taraxacum and
Pseudo-gnaphalium.. On gentle NE mountain slope, along roadside, well-drained stony
I soil, clay-loam of granite-shale. Full sun. Native and abundant..
Phytochemical Sample Codes:
I JV 9659 (JV-86)
J. Venter 9659 with A. Venter	10-Dec-01
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