General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 10b
Leaves: Malodorous
Flowers: Showy
Malodorous
Flower Color: Pink
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Other: Blooms year round in the south.
Underground structures: Taproot
Wildlife Attractant: Birds

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Common names
  • Camphor pluchea
  • Camphor weed

Photo Gallery
Location: Lilburn, GA
Date: 2019- 09-15
Pretty in pink
Location: Opp, AL
Date: 2014-09-26
Location: Georgia?
photo by Rebekah D. Wallace via Forestry Images: https://www.fore
Location: Lilburn, GA
Date: 2019- 09-15
Smelly fellow!
Location: Louisiana?
photo by Larry Allain, US Geological Survey: https://warcapps.usg
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2012-11-06
growing with Euthamia caroliniana near a marsh at edge of woods

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