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Odora (Porophyllum gracile)
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Odora (Porophyllum gracile)

General: Odora (Porophyllum gracile) is a spindly subshrub with a big odor -- walk past it and you will hear about it from people behind you. The leaves are long and narrow, and the flowerheads have long sepals and rayless, white-and-purple flowers. The plant has the general color of purple. The long sepals are dotted with elongate, purple glands.

Odora is a fairly common component of vegetation communities on dry, rocky places in the Lower Sonoran (Creosote-Bursage Flats) and Upper Sonoran (Mojave Desert Scrub) life zones.

Family: Sunflower (Asteraceae)

Other Names: Slender Poreleaf, Porophyllum caesium, P. junciforme, P. nodosum, P. putidum, P. vaseyi.

Odora (Porophyllum gracile)

Plant Form: Usually an upright, small, spindly shrub

Height: to about 2 feet tall

Bark:

Stems: green, glabrous

Leaves: About 1/2- to 2-1/2-inches long, narrow, linear, entire, glaucous

Flowers: Flowerheads at the end of stem. Sepals long, gland dotted. Flowerhead rayless, flowers white and purple.

Odora (Porophyllum gracile)

Seeds:

Habitat: Rocky slopes

Elevation: to about 4,000 ft

Distribution: California to Utah and Texas, and south into Mexico.

Comments: stinky!

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General stem form
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Flower bud and opening flower
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Rayless aster with only disk flowers
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Spent flower
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Odora dried flowers
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Odora fresh-dried and long-dried flowers
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Odora fresh-dried flowers
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Odora long-dried flower

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate. Names generally follow the USDA database.
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