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Stinking Camphorweed

Pluchea foetida

69
Strong

Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 71%

Height
Up to about 3 feet
Soil moisture
Moist to wet
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At a glance

Life cycle
Perennial

Not yet recorded · Spread · Light · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 26 Alabama counties.

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

11CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Pluchea

  • Adaina ambrosiaeAmbrosia Plume Moth, Ragweed Plume Moth
  • Adaina simpliciusThree-Dotted Plume Moth
  • Condica cupentiaSplotched Groundling
  • Dichomeris setosellaHairy Dichomeris
  • Eublemma minimaEverlasting Bud Moth, Everlasting Eublemma
  • Hellinsia balanotesBaccharis Borer Plume Moth, Groundsel Plume Moth
  • Lioptilodes albistriolatusMousy Plume Moth
  • Schinia arcigeraArcigera Flower Moth
  • Synchlora frondariaSouthern Emerald
  • Xanthotype rufariaRufous Geometer
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  • Adaina bipunctatus
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
26BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Pluchea

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
9Specialist beesPollen specialists

Pollen specialists · Pluchea

  • Andrena asteris
  • Andrena hirticincta
  • Colletes americanus
  • Colletes compactus
  • Colletes simulans
  • Colletes speculiferus
  • Dieunomia heteropoda
  • Megachile xylocopoides
  • Perdita octomaculata
Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
—BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
Asteraceae
Flower color
White, pink or yellow

What its natural habitat tells you

Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.

Growing sources and scope

Conservation status

Alabama rankSNR
Global rankG5
AL statusNot verified
Federal statusNot verified

Conservation source Global and federal source

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