Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Asteraceae

  • Scientific Name

    Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.

  • Description

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    Species Description - A densely and finely pubescent shrub, up to 3 m. high. Leaves oblong, entire, or undulate-serrate with small blunt teeth, 8-20 cm. long, 1.5-5 cm. wide, rather dark green, loosely pubescent, becoming nearly glabrous above, finely and densely pubescent and pale beneath, acute or acuminate at the apex, narrowed at the base, the petioles 1-4 cm. long; corymbs mostly large; peduncles and involucre densely pubescent; involucre about 5 nun. high, its bracts ovate to lanceolate, acute to acuminate; flowers creamy pink or whitish.

  • Discussion

    Rocky scrub-lands, coppices and clearings throughout the archipelago from Great Bahama and Andros to Grand Turk and Inagua: Bermuda; Florida; West Indies; Mexico to northern Smith America. Bushy Fleakani-. Wild Tobacco. Sour-bush. Cough-bdsh.

  • Distribution

    Rocky scrub-lands, coppices and clearings throughout the archipelago from Great Bahama and Andros to Grand Turk and Inagua: Bermuda; Florida; West Indies; Mexico to northern South America.

    Bahamas South America| Andros Island Bahamas South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Bermuda South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies| México Mexico North America|