Plants 20-80(-200) cm. Involu-cres 5-6 × 4-6(-7) mm. Function-ally staminate florets 6-13(-19). Flowering Aug-Oct (year-round in south). Salt or brackish marshes and estuaries, near coast, less commonly in inland saline habitats, inland freshwater springs and ephemerally moist drainages; 0-50(-1400) m; Ala., Ariz., Ark., Calif., Fla., Ga., Kans., La., Md., Miss., Nev., N.Mex., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tex., Utah, Va.; Mexico; West Indies; Central America; South America (Colombia, Venezuela); w Africa; Pacific Islands. Pluchea odorata var. odorata is naturalized in Hawaii. According to S. King-Jones (2001) Plucheasenegalensis Klatt is a synonym of Pluchea odorata var. odorata.
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