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Achenes grooved; pappus capillary, in a single row.—Herbs, somewhat glandular, emitting a strong or camphoric odor, the heads cymosely clustered.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

It was thought at one time that ozone was produced, but Kingzett's view is that camphoric peroxide is formed C10H14O4, and that in presence of water it decomposes into camphoric acid and H2O2.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 by Various