Parthenuium integrifolium Wild Quinine

Ohio Native Plant Natural Range

Visit the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service website to view the natural range of Parthenuium integrifolium.
White flowers of Parthenuium integrifolium that are in a cluster which resembles popcorn. Green leaves have deeply scalloped edges
Flowering Wild Quinine
Several black pots full of thick young, green Parthenuium integrifolium plants.
First year Parthenuium integrifolium plants

Cultivation Infomation Wild Quinine


Height - 2 to 3 ftFlower Color - WhiteBlooms - June through SeptemberSun - Full sun, small amount of shade
Hardy Zone - 4 to 8
Soil - Average to dry, sand to loam
Family - Asteraceae
Thick deeply cut leaf edges surrounding a white bloom, which has not unfolded.
Hello World! Wild Quinine bloom unfolding
A small square pot of Wild Quinine seedlings next to yard art which is a shoe with a butterfly on it.
Wild Quinine seeddings!
Wildlife Significance Wild Quinine
Pollen Attracts - Sweat bees, Halictine bees, wasps, flies, beetles
Nectar Attracts - Sweatbees, leafcutter, Green Sweat bees, Cuckoobees, small carpenter bees, Syrphid flies, Tachinid flies, Flesh flies, Muscid flies, Anthomyiid flies and Wasp. Numerous butterflies and moths including:Mint Moth, Common Wood Nymph and Great Spangled Frittary Butterflies
Leaves - Mammals avoid rough, bitter leaves on Wild Quinine
For more details visit the Illionis Wildflower website
Propagation Notes Wild Quinine

Pollen Attracts - Sweat bees, Halictine bees, wasps, flies, beetles
Nectar Attracts - Sweatbees, leafcutter, Green Sweat bees, Cuckoobees, small carpenter bees, Syrphid flies, Tachinid flies, Flesh flies, Muscid flies, Anthomyiid flies and Wasp. Numerous butterflies and moths including: Mint Moth, Common Wood Nymph and Great Spangled Frittary Butterflies
Leaves - Mammals avoid rough, bitter leaves on Wild Quinine For detailed information on Wild Quinine visit the Illinois Wildflower website
Seed Provenance Parthenuium integrifolium
Prairie Moon Nursery, Winona, MN - 2015 - Nodding Onion Garden 2016 to Present