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© William S. Justice, USDA PLANTS

Wild Quinine

Parthenium integrifolium

2 - 4'    Any         July - August (White)

Once common to black-soil prairies, this plant is now found in only a few undisturbed prairie refuges and home gardens. Clusters of pure white flowers bloom for a month or longer in the middle of summer. Seed heads left are highly aromatic when crushed. Grows best in fertile, well-drained soils. Tea made from Wild Quinine was used to treat fevers and there was a brief commercial trade for it during WWI.

 
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