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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pluchea foetida var. foetida FAMILY Asteraceae__ Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Pluchea at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pluchea foetida var. foetida FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)

Pluchea foetida

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-36-002:

Pluchea foetida FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pluchea foetida

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Pluchea tenuifolia

COMMON NAME:
Stinking Camphorweed, Stinking Fleabane, Marsh Fleabane

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image of Pluchea foetida var. foetida, Stinking Camphorweed, Stinking Fleabane, Marsh Fleabane

Terry Holdsclaw tdh_p_foetida_foetida

July Dare County NC

Glandular, often ~ cobwebby. Leaves sessile, usually broad-based & clasping, per Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999).

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pluchea foetida var. foetida FAMILY Asteraceae__

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pluchea foetida var. foetida FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Pluchea foetida

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-36-002:
Pluchea foetida FAMILY Asteraceae__

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pluchea foetida

INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pluchea tenuifolia

2854

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Seasonally wet areas, ditches, various other freshwater wetlands, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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LEAVES:
Simple
Basal & alternate
Leaves have sessile clasping bases.

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Cream/Whitish
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pinkish
Achene

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