Parthenium hysterophorus (weed)

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Parthenium hysterophorus (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Biswarup Ganguly
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Parthenium hysterophorus (weed) L. - (wormwood)

The species is a herbaceous, annual weed, native to the neotropics, but introduced into other tropical and subtropical regions. It affects grazing lands, arable fields and orchards. Various biological control agents have been introduced in different regions or are being studied for possible introduction.



Vernacular names
• English: wormwood
congress grass
ragweed Parthenium
• Español: yerba amarga
escoba amarga
• Français: absinthe marron
• Português: losna-branca


For details see the respective page in Wikipedia.