Pluchea baccharis (P. Miller) Pruski. Common name: Rose Fleabane, Savanna Fleabane. Phenology: Jun-Jul. Habitat: Wet pine savannas, other saturated wetlands. Distribution: E. NC south to s. FL, west to se. TX; Bahamas, Cuba, Mexico (CAM, OAX, ROO, VER, YUC), and Central America.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: Pruski (2005) established that P. baccharis is the correct name for the taxon known in recent decades as P. rosea. Godfrey (1952) recognized two varieties of P. rosea, var. rosea of se. United States and var. mexicana R.K. Godfrey of gypsum plains in San Luis Potosí, Mexico; Nesom (1989) recognized the latter taxon at the species level, P. mexicana (R.K. Godfrey) Nesom.
Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl7, FNA19, K4, Mex, POWO, WH3, Pruski (2005); = Pluchea rosea R.K.Godfrey — Bah, RAB, Tx, Arriagada (1998), Nesom (1989a), Nesom (2004a); = Pluchea rosea R.K.Godfrey var. rosea — GW2, SE1; Conyza baccharis P. Miller. Basionym: Conyza baccharis Mill. 1768
Links to other floras: = Pluchea baccharis - FNA19
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACW
- Great Plains: FACW
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect perennial of wet savannas, natural ponds and Carolina Bays, marshes and ditches.
Stems: Stems sometimes branched above, hairy, sometimes reddish and with sticky glands.
Leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile, often clasping, oval to elliptic-oblong, to 2 1/2 in. long, shallowly toothed (teeth with spiny tips), dusty gray-green, furry-glandular on both surfaces.
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Flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in dense clusters at top of stem and branching from leaf axils; heads about 1/3 in. wide; consisting of tiny, rose-pink to purplish, tubular disk florets. Rose-pink to purplish, furry bracts tightly surround the base of each head.
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Height: 1-2 ft.
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description: Erect perennial of wet savannas, natural ponds and Carolina Bays, marshes and ditches.
stems: Stems sometimes branched above, hairy, sometimes reddish and with sticky glands.
leaves: Leaves alternate, sessile, often clasping, oval to elliptic-oblong, to 2 1/2 in. long, shallowly toothed (teeth with spiny tips), dusty gray-green, furry-glandular on both surfaces.
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flowers: Composite flowers (heads) in dense clusters at top of stem and branching from leaf axils; heads about 1/3 in. wide; consisting of tiny, rose-pink to purplish, tubular disk florets. Rose-pink to purplish, furry bracts tightly surround the base of each head.
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