Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pluchea baccharis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Marsh Fleabane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pluchea rosea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Pluchea rosea var. rosea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-36-001:
Pluchea rosea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Marsh Fleabane, Rosy Camphorweed
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_pluchea_rosea
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_pluchea_roseab
July
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Will Stuart wil_9583922748_b
August Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Lvs oblong to elliptic-oblong, auriculate-clasping, sessile, w serrate margins, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Will Stuart wil_9583922748_b7b81973ff
August Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Lateral branches usually overtopping the central, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Will Stuart wil_9583922748_c
August Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Flower heads usually less than 1/4" tall, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pluchea baccharis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pluchea rosea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Pluchea rosea var. rosea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-36-001:
Pluchea rosea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
3106
Forb
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in wet savannas, natural ponds, marshes, ditches, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have sessile auriculate-clasping bases.
FLOWER:
Summer
Disc: Pink
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers p078
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p386
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p183
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p116
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p274