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§1 Plant
Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.
vernacular sweetscent — species · Asteraceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Duration
- Annual, Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Pluchea
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- NAV Navassa Island Native
- PB Pacific Basin (except Hawaii) Introduced
- PR Puerto Rico Native
- VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b
County-level range
· 240 counties across 22 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 240 counties across 22 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- Columbia 12023
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gilchrist 12041
- Glades 12043
- Hamilton 12047
- Hardee 12049
- Hendry 12051
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Sumter 12119
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
Georgia view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 9 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Brunswick 51025
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Essex 51057
- Gloucester 51073
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Isle of Wight 51093
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- King William 51101
- Lancaster 51103
- Mathews 51115
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Newport News (city) 51700
- Northampton 51131
- Northumberland 51133
- Prince George 51149
- Richmond 51159
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
- York 51199
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PLOD ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3132617 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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