Asteraceae

Guayule

Parthenium argentatum A.Gray

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Parthenium

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Guayule (Parthenium argentatum) — FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (16)

arz: بارثينيوم ارجينتاتوم
Catalan: Guaiule
Chinese: 灰白银胶菊
English: Guayule
Esperanto: Gvajulo
Estonian: Guajuula
French: Guayule
German: Guayule
Japanese: グアユール
Kannada: ಗ್ವಾಯೂಲೇ
Malayalam: ഗ്വയൂർ, വയൂളി റബ്ബർ
Polish: Gwajula srebrzysta
Portuguese: Guaiúle
Russian: Гваюла, Гвайюла, Гуаюла, Гуаюле, Партениум серебристый
Slovenian: Gvajola
Ukrainian: Ґваюла срібляста

Synonyms

Parthenium argentatum f. argentatum
Parthenium argentatum var. argentatum

Flowers

In flower: April, September (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Liliana Ramírez-Freire, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: johnyochum, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jonathan Rodriguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Oscar Israel Rodríguez Ortiz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tereso Hernández Morales, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Oscar C. González Martínez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: johnyochum, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Tereso Hernández Morales, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.