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Pluchea carolinensis

Also called Cattletongue, Sweet Scent, Marsh Fleabane, Coughbush, Wild Tobacco

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Photo: Meng-Chi Hung, CC BY 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
Trop. & Subtrop. America
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Pluchea carolinensis is a plant in the genus Pluchea.

Where it grows

Pluchea carolinensis is common in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, and is naturalized in Florida, Hawaii and some other Pacific islands, and Taiwan. The plant is native to Aruba where it has the status of a protected plant.

Other Pluchea plants

Rosy Camphorweed · Camphor pluchea · Pluchea dentex · Stinking camphorweed · Pluchea glutinosa · Indian camphorweed · Pluchea · Pluchea obovata · Sweetscent · Arrowweed · Camphorweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pluchea carolinensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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