Parthenium integrifolium - Wild Quinine

Parthenium integrifolium - Wild QuinineSizes available: One gallon Basics: zones 4 8, full sun to light shade, 2 5' x 1 2', numerous fuzzy, white flowers on a flat topped branching structure in mid to late summer, likes medium moist to medium dry well drained conditions, not picky as to soil type or pH. Common names: Wild Quinine, American Feverfew Origin Distribution: From Maryland West to southeastern Minnesota and south to Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas. This plant is naturalizing in

Sizes available: One gallon

Basics: zones 4-8, full sun to light shade, 2-5' x 1-2', numerous fuzzy, white flowers on a flat-topped branching structure in mid to late summer, likes medium moist to medium dry well-drained conditions, not picky as to soil type or pH.

Common names: Wild Quinine, American Feverfew

Origin/Distribution: From Maryland West to southeastern Minnesota and south to Georgia, Alabama, and Arkansas.  This plant is naturalizing in Massachusetts and Connecticut and is probably an herb garden escapee. 

Habitat: Found in fields, prairies, meadows, sun to part-shade edge habitat, and dry open woodland

More: This is a very adaptable, non-fussy perennial. Bees, wasps, flies, and beetles will visit for the pollen and nectar. The root, leaves, and tops have been used medicinally and this was used during WWI as a substitute for Cinchona bark (Quinine) to treat malaria. Makes a good cut flower, fresh or dried, and has a graphic presence standing in your winter garden. Is deer and rabbit resistant. May cause contact dermatitis. 

Source: Honey Petal Plants

Image credits: Flowerhead via Peterchen; Plant in situ starting to set seed and seed head via Krzysztof Ziarnek - all three images via Creative Commons and found through the North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. I am ever grateful for these shared resources.