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Asteraceae
Pluchea

not marked as a favorite taxon Pluchea foetida (Linnaeus) A.P. de Candolle var. foetida. Common name: Stinking Fleabane. Phenology: Late Jul-Oct. Habitat: Seasonally wet areas, ditches, various other freshwater wetlands. Distribution: S. NJ south to s. FL, west to e. TX and se. OK; West Indies (Hispaniola).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = K4, Va; < Pluchea foetida (L.) DC. — Ar, C, F, Fl7, FNA19, G, GW2, NcTx, POWO, RAB, SE1, Tat, Tx, WH3, Arriagada (1998), Nesom (1989a), Nesom (2004a); > Pluchea foetida (L.) DC. — S; > Pluchea tenuifolia Small — S; Baccharis foetida L. Basionym: Baccharis foetida L. 1753

Links to other floras: < Pluchea foetida - FNA19

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (name change)
  • Great Plains: FACW (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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Horticultural Information

NCBG trait

Intro: Erect annual/perennial of seasonally wet areas, coastal swamps, beaver ponds, ditches and other freshwater wetlands.

Stems: Stems unbranched, purplish, hairy and gland-dotted, giving off unpleasant odor when bruised/crushed.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile with clasping bases, oval or oblong to lance-shaped, blunt-tipped, to 4 1/2 in. long, thick, finely toothed, hairy and gland-dotted, giving off unpleasant odor when bruised/crushed.

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Flowers: Compound flowers (heads) in dense clusters at end of and upper axillary branches; heads about 1/4 in. tall and 1/3 in. wide, consisting of many tiny, creamy white, tubular disk florets (no ray florets) closely surrounded by several series of hairy, pinkish, gland-dotted, pointy bracts.

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Height: 1-3 ft.

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description: Erect annual/perennial of seasonally wet areas, coastal swamps, beaver ponds, ditches and other freshwater wetlands.

stems: Stems unbranched, purplish, hairy and gland-dotted, giving off unpleasant odor when bruised/crushed.

leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile with clasping bases, oval or oblong to lance-shaped, blunt-tipped, to 4 1/2 in. long, thick, finely toothed, hairy and gland-dotted, giving off unpleasant odor when bruised/crushed.

inflorescence:

flowers: Compound flowers (heads) in dense clusters at end of and upper axillary branches; heads about 1/4 in. tall and 1/3 in. wide, consisting of many tiny, creamy white, tubular disk florets (no ray florets) closely surrounded by several series of hairy, pinkish, gland-dotted, pointy bracts.

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