Pluchea camphorata

ClassificationDicots
FamilyAsteraceae
Family (Traditional)Asteraceae
GenusPluchea
Species:Pluchea camphorata (L.) DC.
Common NameCamphor Pluchea; Plowmans Wort
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: FCFSP; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: RCSP; Natural Area Presence: WOLF; Duration: Annual; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: January; Reproductive Phenology: Febuary; Reproductive Phenology: March; Reproductive Phenology: April; Reproductive Phenology: May; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Reproductive Phenology: November; Reproductive Phenology: December; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: Yes; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: petiolate; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Margins: dentate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Basifixed; Base Flower Color: Pink; Carpel Number/Pistil: 1; Fruit Complexity: Simple; Fruit Dehiscence: No; Fruit Type: Cypsela; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Inflorescence Position: terminal; Inflorescence Types: head; Ovary Position: Inferior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Ovules per Carpel: 1; Perianth Present: Yes; Petal Fusion: Yes; Petal Number: 4; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Complexity: Simple; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Basal; Sepal Fusion: N/A; Sepal Number: N/A; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5; Tepal Number: N/A
C value 5
StatusNative; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACW) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S5] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
Specimen(s) View and Download Specimen Details »

** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

  • State Boundaries
  • Counties
  • Counties - Species Present
Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Pluchea petiolata Pluchea petiolata Cass.
Pluchea viscida Pluchea viscida (Raf.) House

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Adair (KY), Ballard (KY), Barren (KY), Bath (KY), Breathitt (KY), Calloway (KY), Carlisle (KY), Christian (KY), Daviess (KY), Edmonson (KY), Fulton (KY), Graves (KY), Henderson (KY), Hickman (KY), Hopkins (KY), Jefferson (KY), Laurel (KY), Lyon (KY), McCracken (KY), McCreary (KY), Madison (KY), Marshall (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Ohio (KY), Rockcastle (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Warren (KY), Wayne (KY), Webster (KY), Benton (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Bradley (TN), Carroll (TN), Cheatham (TN), Coffee (TN), Crockett (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fayette (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardeman (TN), Hardin (TN), Haywood (TN), Henry (TN), Humphreys (TN), Jackson (TN), Knox (TN), Lake (TN), Lauderdale (TN), Loudon (TN), McNairy (TN), Macon (TN), Madison (TN), Marion (TN), Marshall (TN), Meigs (TN), Monroe (TN), Montgomery (TN), Moore (TN), Morgan (TN), Obion (TN), Overton (TN), Perry (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Roane (TN), Robertson (TN), Rutherford (TN), Scott (TN), Shelby (TN), Stewart (TN), Sumner (TN), Tipton (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, HTTU, MEM, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1962 - 2015

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100101540 Barren Kentucky 14 Sep 1995 Charles J. Lapham
380
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282381 Ohio Kentucky 26 Sep 1980 R. Hannan
5656
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282357 Ohio Kentucky 26 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5656
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225198 Robertson Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225191 Morgan Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225199 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225151 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225176 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225155 Crockett Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225207 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225219 Hickman Kentucky
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225213 White Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225189 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225196 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225212 White Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282324 McCreary Kentucky 08 Aug 1990 Ronald L. Jones
6528
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282480 Adair Kentucky 25 Aug 1988 Bruce Hoagland
614a
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282308 Laurel Kentucky 01 Oct 1991 Ronald L. Jones
6985
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225197 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225181 Macon Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0242067 Marshall Kentucky
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225188 Monroe Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225209 Tipton Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225173 Humphreys Tennessee 25 Sep 1991 R.Kral
79858
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225177 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225206 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225170 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225167 Hardeman Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225185 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225172 Haywood Tennessee 07 Oct 1983 Butch Weckerly, Paul O. Lewis
1533
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282282 Hickman Kentucky 09 Aug 1962 Elizabeth M. Browne
6115
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282456 Shelby Tennessee 04 Sep 1970 Elizabeth M. Browne
70M3.2
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282290 Hopkins Kentucky 12 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5026
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282266 Calloway Kentucky 15 Sep 1982 Raymond Athey
4692
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
BEREA008900 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225192 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225200 Rutherford Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225165 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225186 Marshall Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225166 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225152 Bradley Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
UCHT007820 Haywood Tennessee 07 Oct 1983 Butch Weckerly, Paul O. Lewis
1533
UCHT
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0099810 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024093 Trigg Kentucky 11 Sep 1985 Edward Chester
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0060168 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282449 Shelby Tennessee 22 Oct 1967 Mike Johnson
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282258 Breathitt Kentucky 08 Aug 1963 Elizabeth M. Browne
7976
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282241 Barren Kentucky 14 Sep 1995 C.J. Lapham, Jessie Harris
380,596
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
BEREA008902 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225195 Perry Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225157 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225150 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225201 Scott Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225171 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225178 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225154 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
UCHT007819 Humphreys Tennessee 25 Sep 1991 R. Kral
79858
UCHT
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0080113 Hopkins Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0057971 Muhlenberg Kentucky 12 Oct 1978 Max Medley
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0057972 Muhlenberg Kentucky 11 Oct 1978 Max Medley
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282399 Webster Kentucky 27 Aug 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5204
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282373 Rockcastle Kentucky 10 Sep 1977 Richard H. Hannan
123
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225161 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225162 Franklin Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225211 Warren Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225149 Benton Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225240 Loudon Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225194 Overton Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225187 McNairy Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225226 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225163 Hamblen Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
UCHT007821 Carroll Tennessee 29 Oct 1971 Betty Ann Thompson
357
UCHT
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024094 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0060167 Rockcastle Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0100986 Marshall Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282464 White Tennessee 07 Sep 1987 Ronald L. Jones
5434
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
BEREA008899 Calloway Kentucky
BEREA
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225203 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225205 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225159 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225175 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225179 Lake Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225180 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225168 Hardeman Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225160 Fentress Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0058932 Macon Tennessee 03 Aug 1991 R. Kral
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024104 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0057973 Carlisle Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024100 Polk Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024117 Humphreys Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282340 Muhlenberg Kentucky 21 Nov 1978 Richard H. Hannan
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
31234100734050 Ballard Kentucky 15 Sep 1983 Marc Evans
8079
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
BEREA008901 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225183 Madison Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225208 Sumner Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225234 Lyon Kentucky
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225184 Marion Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225193 Obion Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225190 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225169 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225164 Hamilton Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0080734 McCracken Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024110 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024103 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0101945 Calloway Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282274 Daviess Kentucky 04 Sep 1980 Richard H. Hannan
5380
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282365 Ohio Kentucky 18 Jul 1980 Richard H. Hannan
4607
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282316 Marshall Kentucky 07 Sep 1969 Raymond Athey
811
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
31234100282332 McCracken Kentucky 07 Sep 1969 Raymond Athey
814
EKY
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225174 Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225210 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225156 Cumberland Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0060166 Henderson Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0080004 Hickman Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024108 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0060169 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0079957 Fulton Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024092 Trigg Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0050406 Moore Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
HTTU024227 Meigs Tennessee
HTTU
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225202 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225204 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225153 Carroll Tennessee 29 Oct 1971 Betty Ann Thompson
357
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
BEREA024190 Bath Kentucky
BEREA
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024096 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024107 Obion Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024111 Montgomery Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024116 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024101 Cheatham Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0074602 Muhlenberg Kentucky 11 Oct 1978 Max Medley
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024119 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024102 Lake Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0079958 Carlisle Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
UOS01172 Franklin Tennessee 16 Oct 1997 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Pluchea camphorata
HTTU035607 White Tennessee
HTTU
Pluchea camphorata
HTTU009227 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Pluchea camphorata
HTTU009228 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Pluchea camphorata
HTTU009224 Jackson Tennessee
HTTU
Pluchea camphorata
UCHT037825 Moore Tennessee
UCHT
Pluchea camphorata
MEM014238 Lake Tennessee 07 Oct 1978 J.R. Browne
78J7.7
MEM
Pluchea camphorata
HTTU003667 Roane Tennessee
HTTU
Pluchea camphorata
UCHT037823 Robertson Tennessee
UCHT
Pluchea camphorata
MEM020348 Shelby Tennessee 21 Sep 2015 S.M. Ballou Jr.
3
MEM
Pluchea camphorata
HTTU009226 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Pluchea camphorata
HTTU024483 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Pluchea camphorata
UCHT041826 Bradley Tennessee
UCHT
Pluchea camphorata
UCHT041827 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024099 Christian Kentucky 15 Aug 1993 Sallie Noel
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0069529 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0045639 Trigg Kentucky 19 Sep 2015 Mason Brock
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024106 Henry Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0055721 Cumberland Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024115 Christian Kentucky 03 Sep 1994 Sallie Noel
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
N/A Tennessee July 1896 A. Ruth
UCHT
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024095 Lyon Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0056841 Moore Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0087220 Ohio Kentucky 03 Oct 1984
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0101946 Hickman Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0069530 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024118 Benton Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024113 Bath Kentucky 16 Oct 1999 John Thieret
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024112 Perry Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
UOS01173 Coffee Tennessee 03 Oct 2000 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Pluchea camphorata
MEM014621 Graves Kentucky 26 Aug 1978 Raymond Athey
4226
MEM
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024120 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0072842 White Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0084854 Muhlenberg Kentucky
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0050321 Edmonson Kentucky 14 Sep 1988 Landon McKinney
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0072012 Wayne Kentucky 02 Oct 1989 Max Medley
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024097 Stewart Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
UOS01174 Franklin Tennessee 22 Sep 1994 Yolande M. Gottfried
UOS
Pluchea camphorata
MEM014816 Carlisle Kentucky 03 Sep 1978 Raymond Athey
4235
MEM
Pluchea camphorata
MEM014545 Tipton Tennessee 04 Oct 1968 Sarah J. Warrington
407
MEM
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225158 Fayette Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
TENN-V-0225182 Macon Tennessee
TENN
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024098 Perry Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024114 Giles Tennessee
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
APSC0024105 Todd Kentucky 10 Sep 1980 Edward Chester
APSC
Pluchea camphorata
UCHT037822 Robertson Tennessee
UCHT
Pluchea camphorata
ucht028742 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Pluchea camphorata
MEM020752 Fayette Tennessee 20 Oct 1969 Luther R. Jones
67
MEM
Pluchea camphorata
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