NameThatPlant.net: Pluchea odorata var. odorata

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pluchea odorata var. odorata FAMILY Asteraceae__ Go to FSUS key

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Read more about Saltmarsh Fleabane at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-36-004:

Pluchea purpurascens FAMILY Asteraceae__

COMMON NAME:
Southern Saltmarsh Fleabane, Shrubby Camphorweed

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Pluchea odorata var. odorata FAMILY Asteraceae__

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

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-36-004:
Pluchea purpurascens FAMILY Asteraceae__

3667

Forb
Annual/Perennial

Habitat: Salt and brackish marshes, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disk: Pink
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Achene

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