Asteraceae

Sweetscent

Pluchea odorata (L.) Cass.

Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Pluchea

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Sweetscent (Pluchea odorata) — FlowerPhoto: Will Pearce, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (3)

English: Sweetscent
Haitian Creole: Tabak dyab
Malayalam: പ്ലച്ചിയ ഓഡോറേറ്റ, സാൾട്ട്മാർഷ് ഫ്ലീബേൻ,ഷ്റബ്ബി കാംഫർ വീഡ്

Synonyms

Conyza odorata L.
Conyza purpurascens Sw.
Gymnostylis marilandica Raf.
Placus odoratus (L.) M.Gómez
Placus purpurascens var. glabratum M.Gómez
Pluchea purpurascens f. purpurascens
Pluchea senegalensis Klatt

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Annual, Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Will Pearce, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: er-birds, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Mike, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wintertanager J.T. Storey, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Wintertanager J.T. Storey, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Judy Gallagher, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: William L. Farr, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Madeleine Claire, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.