Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Asterales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pluchea camphorata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pluchea camphorata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-36-003:
Pluchea camphorata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Camphorweed, Camphor Pluchea, Marsh Fleabane
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_plca7_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_plca7_003_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_plpe2_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0408g_22
August Greenville County SC
Heads pedunculate, in dense corymbs, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm090815_022
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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JK Marlow jkm090815_023
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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JK Marlow jkm090815_107
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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JK Marlow jkm090815_154
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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JK Marlow jkm090815_222
August Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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Roxanna Martin rlm81608_093
August Spartanburg County SC
Disk flowers pink or occasionally white, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_pluchea_camphorata_9
August
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JK Marlow jkm0409d_04
September Greenville County SC
Leaves elliptic to lanceolate, apex acuminate, base cuneate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm91811_91
September Spartanburg County SC
Flowers all discoid, perfect, and very small. Corolla pink, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm9509_348
September Spartanburg County SC
Found in pastures, bogs, ditches and woodlands, usually in wet soil, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Roxanna Martin rlm9509_390
September Spartanburg County SC
Involucre hemispheric, about 0.2" long, bracts stiff and overlapping, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Dan Whitten sdw_camphorweed
September Pickens County SC
Table Rock State Park
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JK Marlow jkm091004_024
October Greenville County SC
Beaverpond & adjacent land
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Keith Bradley kab_p_camphorata_3357
December Chester County SC
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pluchea camphorata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pluchea camphorata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-36-003:
Pluchea camphorata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
1887
Forb
Annual/Short-lived perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Bottomland sloughs, clay flatwoods, other freshwater wetlands, also weedy in upland areas, particularly in sunny areas and following disturbance, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 0.5-2.5cm long
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Pink
Rays: Absent
Bisexual
Inferior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pinkish/Tan
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p386
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p116
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p316
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p367
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p187
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p274