Taxon: Pluchea carolinensis (Jacq.) G. Don

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Common names:

• cattletongue   (Source: F LAnt ) – English
  
• coughbush   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• cure-for-all   (Source: F Florida ) – English
  
• sweet-scent   (Source: F LAnt ) – English
  
• wild tobacco   (Source: F LAnt ) – English
  
• tabat-diable   (Source: F LAnt ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide Pacif I Ecosyst Risk)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Florida [s. & c.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja California, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas
  Southern Mexico: Mexico - Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatan
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: Anguilla; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas; Barbados; Bermuda; Cayman Islands; Cuba; Dominica; Guadeloupe; Hispaniola; Jamaica; Martinique; Montserrat; Netherlands Antilles - Curacao; Puerto Rico; St. Kitts and Nevis - St. Kitts; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines - St. Vincent; Virgin Islands (British); Virgin Islands (U.S.)
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua
  Northern South America: Venezuela

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Ryukyu Islands; Taiwan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  North Indian Ocean: British Indian Ocean Terr - Diego Garcia
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: U.S. Outlying Islands - Johnston Atoll, Midway Islands; United States - Hawaii
  Northwestern Pacific: Marshall Islands; Northern Mariana Islands; Palau; U.S. Outlying Islands - Wake Island
  South-Central Pacific: French Polynesia; Kiribati - Line Islands
  Southwestern Pacific: Kiribati - Gilbert Islands, Phoenix Islands; Nauru; New Caledonia; Tonga; Vanuatu; Wallis and Futuna Islands

References:

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98.
• Adams, C. 1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica.
• Balick, M. J. et al. 2000. Checklist of the vascular plants of Belize, with common names and uses. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 85.
• Editorial Committee of the Flora of Taiwan. 1993–. Flora of Taiwan, 2nd ed.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Funk, V. et al. 2007. Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 55:1-584.
• Hokche, O. et al. 2008. Nuevo catálogo de la flora vascular de Venezola.
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• Jardín Botánico Nacional. 1998–. Flora de la República de Cuba.
• Khan, R. & C. E. Jarvis. 1989. The correct name for the plant known as Pluchea symphytifolia (Miller) Gillis (Asteraceae). Taxon 38:659–662.
• Liogier, H. A. & L. F. Martorell. 2000. Flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands: a systematic synopsis, ed. 2.
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. [= Pluchea symphytifolia].
• Missouri Botanical Garden. Flora of Mesoamerica Checklist (on-line resource).
• Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Pluchea carolinensis.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Pluchea carolinensis.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Pluchea carolinensis.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Conyza carolinensis Jacq. (basionym)
  
• (=) Pluchea odorata auct. nonn.
  
• (=) Pluchea symphytifolia auct.
  

Check other web resources for Pluchea carolinensis (Jacq.) G. Don:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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