Sweetscent

Pluchea odorata Origin: Unknown (see below) Improvement status: Wild Seeds per packet: ~30 BOTANICAL SAMPLE - NOT GERMINATION TESTED Life cycle: Annual or Perennial When EFN co-founder Nate Kleinman first received these seeds from the USDA, they were supposed to be an entirely different species (Honckenya peploides, if you're interested). He recognized early on that these were clearly not what they were supposed to be, but he had no clue what they were. As the plants matured, he noticed the leaves had a distinct and strong passionfruit scent, and with the help of Google Lens (a wonder of modern technology if there ever was one), he was able to identify the species even before they started flowering. But the flowers confirmed it: sweetscent, also known as marsh fleabane, or Pluchea odorata in Latin.The USDA's collection includes 15 different accessions, from New Jersey, Delaware, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Nevada, and Texas, so we have no idea where thi