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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pluchea baccharis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
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Rosy Camphorweed has medium to pale pink heads (of disk florets only) and stalkless to clasping, distinctly glaucescent leaves. Stinking Camphorweed (P. foetida) is very similar in size and shape, but its heads are dirty white and the leaves are dull, dark green. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pluchea rosea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21 (2006)
Pluchea baccharis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Pluchea rosea var. rosea
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-36-001:
Pluchea rosea FAMILY Asteraceae__
COMMON NAME:
Rosy Camphorweed, Rose Fleabane, Savanna Fleabane, Marsh Fleabane
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_pluchea_rosea
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_pluchea_roseab
July
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Will Stuart wil_9583922748_b
August Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Lvs oblong to elliptic-oblong, auriculate-clasping, sessile, w serrate margins, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Will Stuart wil_9583922748_b7b81973ff
August Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Lateral branches usually overtopping the central, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Will Stuart wil_9583922748_c
August Charleston County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
Flower heads usually less than 1/4" tall, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pluchea baccharis
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pluchea rosea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 19-20-21
Pluchea baccharis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Pluchea rosea var. rosea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 179-36-001:
Pluchea rosea
FAMILY
Asteraceae__
3106
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet pine savannas, other saturated wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have sessile auriculate-clasping bases.
FLOWER:
Summer
Disc: Pink
Rays: Absent
Inferior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer
Black
Achene
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006) p078
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p378
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p386
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p183
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States (Duncan & Duncan, 1999) p116
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p107
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p274
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