Wing Stem Camphorweed

Pluchea sagittalis

Found in disturbed areas, probably only a waif, known from old collections (1891-1901) from Pensacola, FL, and Mobile, AL. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

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Not native

Not native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

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At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

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Recorded in 1 Alabama county.

Natural habitats

Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

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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)

—BeesSoutheastern regional records

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

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family: Asteraceae

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

Conservation status

Alabama rank	SNA
Global rank	Not available
AL status	Not verified
Federal status	Not verified

Conservation source

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