Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pluchea foetida (L.) DC. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
pluchea foetida whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
salvia morada	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
stinking camphorweed	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pluchea bifrons DC. Prodr. 5: 451 (1836).
Baccharis foetida L. Sp. Pl.: 861 (1753).
Cacalia cancellata Rudolphi ex Ledeb. & Adlerstam Diss. Bot. Pl. Doming.: 24 (1805).
Conyza amplexicaulis Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 126 (1803), nom. illeg.
Conyza bifrons Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 524 (1813), nom. illeg.
Conyza foetida (L.) Lam. Encycl. 2: 85 (1786).
Conyza uliginosa Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 426 (1807).
Placus foetidus (L.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 8: 303 (1882).
Pluchea chapmanii Simpson ex Chapm. Fl. South. U.S., ed. 3: 643 (1897).
Pluchea foetida var. imbricata Kearney Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 21: 483 (1894).
Pluchea imbricata (Kearney) Nash Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 108 (1896).
Pluchea tenuifolia Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 1399, 1509 (1933).
Senecio cancellatus (Rudolphi ex Ledeb. & Adlerstam) DC. Prodr. 6: 435 (1838).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pluchea bifrons D.C.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Pluchea foetida (L.) DC.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pluchea foetida (L.) DC. var. foetida	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pluchea foetida (L.) Dc.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)

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