Key to Pluchea

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(For a list of species in Pluchea, use the above link.)

Jepson Manual glossary definitions can be seen by moving your cursor over words underlined with dots.

1. Annual or 

perennial 

Completing life cycle (germination through death) in more than two years or growing seasons, generally non-woody (at least above ground) to woody; includes perennial herbs as well as subshrubs to trees; the abbreviation 'per' only refers to perennial herb, not to the word 'perennial' alone.

 herb, glandular; leaves 4–12 cm, 

ovate 

Egg-shaped (i.e., widest below the middle) in two dimensions (i.e., in one plane), as a leaf.

, toothed, not crowded ..... P. odorata var. odorata

1' Shrub or tree, nonglandular, finely silky-hairy; leaves 1–4 cm, 

linear 

Elongate, with nearly parallel sides; narrower than elliptic or oblong.

to 

lanceolate 

Narrowly elongate, widest in the basal half, often tapered to an acute tip.

or narrowly 

elliptic 

In the shape of a flattened circle or ellipse; wider than linear

, 

entire 

Having margins that are continuous and smooth (i.e., without teeth, lobes, etc.).

, crowded ..... P. sericea

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