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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pluchea camphorata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Read more about Camphorweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pluchea camphorata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Pluchea camphorata
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-36-003:
Pluchea camphorata FAMILY Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pluchea petiolata
COMMON NAME:
Common 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 jkm240312_7643
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm240312_7646
March Greenville County SC
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JK Marlow jkm0408g_22
August Greenville County SC
Heads pedunculate, in dense corymbs, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pluchea camphorata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pluchea camphorata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Pluchea camphorata
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-36-003:
Pluchea camphorata
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Pluchea petiolata
1887
Forb
Annual/Short-lived perennial
Habitat: Bottomland sloughs, clay flatwoods, other freshwater wetlands, also weedy in upland areas, particularly in sunny areas and following disturbance, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (rare in Carolina Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petioles 0.5-2.5cm long
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Disc: Pink
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Pinkish/Tan
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p379
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p386
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p116
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p107
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p316
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p367
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p187
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p274
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