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Rosy Camphorweed

Pluchea baccharis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alabama.January 12, February 12, March 13, April 23, May 16, June 21, July 10, August 8, September 11, October 12, November 9, December 10.
United States2,919
Alabama146
Mississippi133
Georgia117
South Carolina50
Louisiana49
Texas39
North Carolina38
Mexico2
Quintana Roo2

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
Genusmarsh fleabanes · Pluchea

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Rosy Camphorweed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.