Index / Search / Pluchea foetida
§1 Plant
Pluchea foetida (L.) DC.
vernacular stinking camphorweed — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Pluchea
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 267 counties across 13 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 267 counties across 13 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 52 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Calhoun 12013
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Monroe 12087
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Berrien 13019
- Bulloch 13031
- Calhoun 13037
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Colquitt 13071
- Columbia 13073
- Cook 13075
- Dooly 13093
- Early 13099
- Echols 13101
- Emanuel 13107
- Evans 13109
- Glynn 13127
- Houston 13153
- Irwin 13155
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Jenkins 13165
- Liberty 13179
- Long 13183
- Lowndes 13185
- McIntosh 13191
- Miller 13201
- Thomas 13275
- Tift 13277
- Toombs 13279
- Ware 13299
- Worth 13321
Louisiana view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Acadia 22001
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Carteret 37031
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Gates 37073
- Harnett 37085
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Martin 37117
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Robeson 37155
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilson 37195
South Carolina view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Allendale 45005
- Bamberg 45009
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Charleston 45019
- Clarendon 45027
- Colleton 45029
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Florence 45041
- Georgetown 45043
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Lee 45061
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Orangeburg 45075
- Sumter 45085
- Williamsburg 45089
Texas view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Angelina 48005
- Aransas 48007
- Austin 48015
- Brazos 48041
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Galveston 48167
- Hardin 48199
- Harris 48201
- Henderson 48213
- Houston 48225
- Jasper 48241
- Jefferson 48245
- Leon 48289
- Madison 48313
- Milam 48331
- Montgomery 48339
- Newton 48351
- Nueces 48355
- Orange 48361
- Robertson 48395
- Sabine 48403
- San Jacinto 48407
- Smith 48423
- Trinity 48455
- Tyler 48457
- Upshur 48459
- Walker 48471
- Washington 48477
Virginia view state ↗ 17 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Gloucester 51073
- Greensville 51081
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- Mathews 51115
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Prince George 51149
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PLFO ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3132645 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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