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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pluchea foetida var. foetida
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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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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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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p119
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p269
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p379
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p187
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p116
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p260
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p107
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p274
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