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Glade Wild Quinine (Parthenium auriculatum) Duke Forest, Durham, NC 6 Sep 2012 Rare in NC, found in dry glades over mafic or calcareous soils. | |
Glade Wild Quinine (Parthenium auriculatum) Duke Forest, Durham, NC 6 Sep 2012 | |
Glade Wild Quinine (Parthenium auriculatum) Duke Forest, Durham, NC 6 Sep 2012 | |
Glade Wild Quinine (Parthenium auriculatum) Duke Forest, Durham, NC 6 Sep 2012 | |
Glade Wild Quinine (Parthenium auriculatum) Duke Forest, Durham, NC 6 Sep 2012 Note auriculate (clasping and lobed) leaf bases. | |
Glade Wild Quinine (Parthenium auriculatum) Duke Forest, Durham, NC 6 Sep 2012 Several individuals appeared to have had their inflorescences nipped by deer. | |
Glade Wild Quinine (Parthenium auriculatum) Durham, NC 5 Aug 2006 | |
Glade Wild Quinine (Parthenium auriculatum) Durham, NC 5 Aug 2006 | |
Glade Wild Quinine (Parthenium auriculatum) Durham, NC 5 Aug 2006 |
Annotated habitat and distribution information listed above is from Radford, Ahles, & Bell. 1968. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. UNC Press; Alan Weakley's Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia; and from personal observations and discussions with Will Cook, Harry LeGrand, and Bob Wilbur. Supplemental resources include USDA plants website, and NatureServe.
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