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Pluchea carolinensis (Jacq.) G. Don [Syn: Pluchea symphytifolia (Mill.) Gillis, misapplied]

Coarse herb; leaves alternate, simple, lance-ovate, base rounded, margin entire, apex obtuse to rounded; inflorescence a panicle-like group of heads (capitula) borne at the stem apex; florets pink-purple.

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