Pluchea odorata var. odorata

Illustrated
Synonyms: Pluchea petiolata Cassini Pluchea purpurascens (Swartz) de Candolle
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 481.

Plants 20–80 (–200) cm. involucres 5–6 × 4–6 (–7) mm. functionally staminate florets 6–13 (–19).


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct (year-round in south).
Habitat: Salt or brackish marshes and estuaries, near coast, less commonly in inland saline habitats, inland freshwater springs and ephemerally moist drainages
Elevation: 0–50(–1400) m

Distribution

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Ala., Ariz., Ark., Calif., Fla., Ga., Kans., La., Md., Miss., Nev., N.Mex., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tex., Utah, Va., Mexico, West Indies, Central America, South America (Colombia), South America (Venezuela), w Africa, Pacific Islands

Discussion

Pluchea odorata var. odorata is naturalized in Hawaii. According to S. King-Jones (2001) Pluchea senegalensis Klatt is a synonym of Pluchea odorata var. odorata.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
sessile-glandular +  and stipitate +
villous +, strigose +, sericeous +, puberulent +  and arachnose +
glabrous +  and glabrate +
obtuse;rounded +
scarious +
ovate +  and lanceovate or linear +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Guy L. Nesom +
(Linnaeus) Cassini in F. Cuvier +
not +  and clasping +
decurrent +
Conyza odorata +
compound +  and simple +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
lanceovate;ovate or ovate-elliptic +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
ribbed;smooth +
pink +  and rosy or purple +
oblong-cylindric +
Ala. +, Ariz. +, Ark. +, Calif. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Kans. +, La. +, Md. +, Miss. +, Nev. +, N.Mex. +, N.C. +, Okla. +, S.C. +, Tex. +, Utah +, Va. +, Mexico +, West Indies +, Central America +, South America (Colombia) +, South America (Venezuela) +, w Africa +  and Pacific Islands +
0–50(–1400) m +
glabrate +  and moderately or densely pubescent +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Salt or brackish marshes and estuaries, near coast, less commonly in inland saline habitats, inland freshwater springs and ephemerally moist drainages +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
cylindro-campanulate +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
deltate +
denticulate +  and entire +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering Aug–Oct (year-round in south). +
in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
4 +  and 8 +
setiform +
exalbuminous +
Illustrated +
stipitate to sessile-glandular +
not arachnose +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Pluchea petiolata +  and Pluchea purpurascens +
Pluchea odorata var. odorata +
Pluchea odorata +
variety +
200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br /> (500 cm5,000 mm <br />5 m <br />) +
perennial +  and annual +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
fibrous-rooted +  and taprooted +
80 cm800 mm <br />0.8 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +