| Author | (L.) Pojarkova | |
| Distribution | Southern Mountains only. Known in NC only from Buncombe, Henderson, and Transylvania counties.
MA to MN, south to southwestern NC, TN, and southeastern MO. | |
| Abundance | Very rare, and declining. The NCNHP lists only five records, with four historical. The only known extant site -- discovered fairly recently by Ed Schwartzman -- is at Jackson Park in Henderson County. The State Status has been upgraded to Endangered. | |
| Habitat | Bottomlands, floodplain forests, and streambanks. The Jackson Park site is a swamp forest with some openings. | |
| Phenology | Flowering and fruiting August-October. | |
| Identification | Plants grow to about 3-4 feet tall, a single stem from broad, triangular, basal leaves. Stem leaves are reduced in size. The inflorescence is composed of several branches, forming a generally flat-topped array; heads are all yellowish white disk florets. The strongly triangular shape of the middle lobe of the leaves is quite obvious, especially on robust 3-4 foot tall plants in this species. | |
| Taxonomic Comments | In the past it has been treated in the genus Senecio or Cacalia. Treated as C. suaveolens in RAB (1968).
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| Other Common Name(s) | Sweet-scented Indian-plantain, False Indian-plantain | |
| State Rank | S1 | |
| Global Rank | G4 | |
| State Status | E | |
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