Pluchea foetida
stinking camphorweed, stinking fleabane
Family
Asteraceae
Leaf Arrangement
alternate
Leaf Attachment
clasping
Leaf Type
cauline, simple
Leaf Shape
oblong, elliptic, lanceolate, oblanceolate, ovate
Growth Form
forb
Flower Color
white
Flower Month
July - October
Height (meters)
0.3 - 1.8
Milky Sap
No
Armed/Unarmed
Unarmed
Origin
native
Lifespan
perennial
Growing Season
Warm season
Wetland Class
OBL
Wetland Coefficient of Conservatism
2
Prairie Coefficient of Conservatism
6
Field Characters
Identification tip: Members of the genus Pluchea have a strong odor when crushed. Pluchea foetida and P. rosea both have clasping leaf bases but P. rosea has pink flowers while P. foetida has creamy white flowers. Outer phyllaries obtuse.
Cultural Information
Seeds average approximately 9,900,000/lb.
Natural History
Found infrequently in muddy locations throughout Louisiana and eastern, and southeastern Texas. Ranges throughout the southeastern United States.
Habitat
Mud, permanently wet soil, meadows, swampy woods, marshes, ditches, savannas, pocosins.