Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Parthenium hysterophorus
Santa María, Santa Maria feverfew
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida (= Dicotyledoneae)
Order
Asterales
Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Parthenium
Species
hysterophorus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Introduced - established
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: The native range of this species is Tropical & Subtropical America (POWO, 2023).
- WFO (2021) World Flora Online. Published on the Internet. http://www.worldfloraonline.org/ WFO (2021): World Flora Online. Published on the Internet; http://www.worldfloraonline.org.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
- Mao, R. Bajwa, A.A. & Adkins, S. (2021) A superweed in the making: adaptations of Parthenium hysterophorus to a changing climate. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development,41:47
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"Galapagos Species Database, Parthenium hysterophorus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25048. Accessed 25 July 2025.