Asteraceae

Santa Maria feverfew

Parthenium hysterophorus L.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Parthenium

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Common names

By language (16)

Arabic: عذرائية حاملة الرحم
Assamese: পাৰ্থেনিয়াম হাইষ্টেৰ'ফ'ৰাছ
Chinese: 銀膠菊, 银胶菊, 一颗血
Dutch: Schijnambrosia
English: Santa Maria feverfew, Mugwort, Wild wormwood
Hindi: गाजर घास
Kannada: ಪಾರ್ಥೇನಿಯಮ್
lah: گاجر گھاہ
Malayalam: കോൺഗ്രസ് പുല്ല്
Marathi: गाजर गवत
Persian: علف هرز پارتنیوم
Polish: Partenium ambrozjowate
Punjabi: ਗਾਜਰ ਘਾਹ
Spanish: Ajenjo cimarron, Ajenjo cimarrón, Ajenjo de campo, Altamisa del campo, Artemisilla, Hierba de la oveja, Yerba amarga, Yerba marga
Tamil: காங்கிரஸ் களை
Telugu: వయ్యారిభామ

Synonyms

Argyrochaeta bipinnatifida Cav.
Argyrochaeta parviflora Cav.
Echetrosis pentasperma Phil.
Parthenium bipinnatifidum (Ortega) Rollins
Parthenium glomeratum Rollins
Parthenium hysterophorus var. hysterophorus
Parthenium lobatum Buckley
Parthenium pinnatifidum Stokes
Villanova bipinnatifida Ortega

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

Photo: Ethel Aardvark, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Thamizhpparithi Maari, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jayachandranjay, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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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.