bungelina's Identifications

Stinkwort growing along coastal salt marsh in disturbed soil. Resin smells sweet, not stinky, in my opinion.

Stinkwort (Dittrichia graveolens), a.k.a. Mediterranean Stinkwort, is an introduced/naturalized/invasive, annual, erect, many-branched, sticky-resinous, aromatic plant in the Asteraceae family that grows 2-6 dm (up to 24 inches) tall in disturbed soils. Stems are ± pilose (long, soft hairs) and stipitate-glandular (bearing glands that have tiny stalks). Central stem is erect and straight. Leaves are linear to lance-linear. It has tiny yellow flowers. Peak bloom time: September-November. Fruits are +- 2 mm long with 25--30 pappus bristles that are easily dispersed in the wind. The plant can cause contact dermatiitis in sensitive individuals.

Link to confirmed observations of Stinkwort (Dittrichia graveolens):
Fruiting: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190530230
Flowering: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96445122

Calflora (includes species distribution map in CA): https://www.calflora.org/app/taxon?crn=8482

Cal-IPC: Invasive Plants in CA (400+ species): https://www.cal-ipc.org/plants/profile/dittrichia-graveolens-profile/

Jepson eFlora (with botanical illustration): https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=2454

Flora of North America http://beta.floranorthamerica.org/Dittrichia_graveolens

Plants of Monterey County: an Illustrated Field Key, 2nd edition, Matthews and Mitchell, 2015, pp. 82-83.

Flora of Fort Ord: Monterey County, California, David Styer, 2019, p. 40.

Monterey County Wildflowers: a Field Guide, Yeager and Mitchell, 2016 (species not listed)

Monterey County Wildflowers– a photographic guide https://montereywildflowers.com/index/ (species not listed)

Leaf Terminology: Diagrams/Definitions: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Leaf_morphology.svg

Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary, 2nd ed., by James Harris and M. Harris, 2022

Sunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies (Family Asteraceae)
Asteraceae is a huge family that "includes over 32,000 currently accepted species, in over 1,900 genera in 13 subfamilies, worldwide. The number of species in the family Asteraceae is rivaled only by Orchids (Orchidaceae): https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47604-Asteraceae

Irene's (aparrot1) Profile Page on INaturalist listing Nature Resources (includes online references with links) for Plants, Birds, Fungi, Lepidoptera, Arachnids, Reptiles, Amphibians, Marine Life, Plant Galls, and more: https://www.inaturalist.org/people/3188668