Mariola - Parthenium incanum
Warm Springs Wash
NE of Hillsboro, NM, USA
Late August 2016
In late August, 2016, we took a walk up Warm Springs Wash, northeast of Hillsboro. The hillside was covered in blooming Mariola, Parthenium incanum, some of which is shown here.
Parthenium incanum was first described by Carl Sigismund Kunth in 1818. I know of no scientific synonyms or alternative Common English names for the species.
The initial publication of the species description was made in Volume 4 (page 391) of “Nova Genera et Species Plantarum”, shown below.
The Native American Ethnobotany Data Base notes that the fresh leaves of this plant were used by the Mescalero and Chiricahua Apache as a drink. The leaves were boiled in water.
