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Heterotheca subaxillaris
Also called Telegraph weed, Golden-aster, Camphor Daisy, Camphor Weed
Camphorweed is a native North American wildflower in the daisy family, with yellow flower heads and an aromatic, camphor-scented foliage. It is a weedy, sun-loving herb of sandy, open habitats and is rarely grown deliberately in gardens.
Heterotheca subaxillaris, known by the common name camphorweed, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.
The leaf volatiles from which the name "camphorweed" is derived include camphor, but as a minor constituent (less than 2%); of 41 documented volatiles, for example, caryophyllene, pinene, borneol, myrcene, and limonene each comprised over 5% of the total.
It is widespread across much of the United States (from California to Massachusetts) as well as Mexico and Belize.
Spokane false goldenaster · Heterotheca brandegeei · Lemonyellow false goldenaster · Hoary false goldenaster · Rockyscree false goldenaster · Telegraphweed · Heterotheca gypsophila · Hartman’s False Goldenaster · Jones' false goldenaster · Sonora false goldenaster · Heterotheca mexicana · Sequoia false goldenaster
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Heterotheca subaxillaris by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
