Asteraceae
Arrowweed
Pluchea sericea
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Pluchea
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 箭矢野草
- English
- Arrowweed
- Japanese
- 現地の植物
- Spanish
- Cachanilla
Synonyms
- Berthelotia sericea (Nutt.) Rydb.
- Eremohylema sericea (Nutt.) A.Nelson
- Polypappus sericeus Nutt.
- Tessaria sericea (Nutt.) Shinners
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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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.