Pluchea odorata - Salt marsh fleabane

Salt marsh fleabane (Pluchea odorata) is a strongly scented, almost succulent perennial of coastal salt marsh and freshwater marsh in California, its yarrow-like flower clusters drawing bees, flies and wasps. It grows 0.5-1 m tall and wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 6¹
• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Wet soil¹

Type

• Herb
• Perennial

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Attracting bees¹
• Attracting beneficial insects¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	0.5-1
Diameter (m)	0.5-1

Footnotes

1. Pluchea odorata var. odorata, Salt Marsh Fleabane | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩