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
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.
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tailed +
introrse +
connate +
obtuse;rounded +
scarious +
hirsute +
papillate +
corymbiform +
continuous +
decurrent +
lanceovate;ovate or ovate-elliptic +
ribbed;smooth +
stigmatic +
barbellate +
distinct +
absent +
not 2-lipped +
monomorphic +
not beaked +
oblong-cylindric +
staminate +
bisexual +
straight +
distinct +
staminate +
proximal +
6;13 +
bisexual +
dispersed +
Salt or brackish marshes and estuaries, near coast, less commonly in inland saline habitats, inland freshwater springs and ephemerally moist drainages +
disciform +
singly +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +
Present +
surrounding +
cylindro-campanulate +
alternate +
cauline +
deltate +
serrate +
2-carpellate +
inferior +
attached +
anatropous +
persistent +
falling +
tough +
thick +
fertile +
connate +
sessile-glandular +
persistent +
distinct +
falling +
glabrate +
unequal +
in F. Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. ed. +
1826 +
absent +
epaleate +
flat;convex +
fibrous +
setiform +
exalbuminous +
modifed +
1;3;10 +
Illustrated +
alternate +
stipitate to sessile-glandular +
sessile-glandular +
erect +
not arachnose +
2-branched +
hairy +
papillate +
Pluchea odorata var. odorata +
Pluchea odorata +
variety +
fibrous-rooted +