Identification, Impacts, and Control of Ragweed Parthenium (Parthenium hysterophorus L.)
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Stamps, Robert H. 2011. “Identification, Impacts, and Control of Ragweed Parthenium (Parthenium Hysterophorus L.): ENH1187/EP448, 11/2011”. EDIS 2011 (12). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-ep448-2011.

Abstract

One of the world’s most invasive weeds, this member of the Asteraceae family is a problem in Africa, Australia, India, and is increasingly a problem in Florida. Learn more in this 10-page fact sheet written by Robert H. Stamps, and published by the UF Department of Environmental Horticulture, December 2011.

 

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