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Stinknet can destroy our desert plants and impact the desert environment. Here's what you should do if you find it.

Stinknet can destroy our desert plants and impact the desert environment. Here's what you should do if you find it.

Arizona's natural wonders help us to reconnect with out landscape, but one plant wants us out.

It is a weed. And it stinks. Invading our desert, yards and trails, like an army marching forward into every square inch of open space and snuffing out everything else.

Stinknet is true to its name: it’s a plant with an overwhelming and off-putting turpentine odor. Also known as Globe Chamomile, it has bright yellow flowers the shape of golf balls and carrot-like dark green leaves. It’s native to South Africa.

If youre able to go above and beyond to help us during this important time, please consider making an additional financial contribution. Click here to contribute. A smelly plant has taken root in the community, and the stench isn’t the only thing that’s worrisome. Stinknet (Oncosiphon piluliferum), also called Globe Chamomile, is a noxious and invasive weed species that has rapidly spread throughout Arizona over the last decade, and has recently invaded urban and rural areas of Pima...