Pechuel-loeschea, (common names; stinkbush,[2] sweatbush,[3] or bitterbos,[2][4]) is a monotypic genus of African plants in the elecampane tribe within the sunflower family, and named after the German plant collector and geographer Eduard Pechuël-Loesche (1840-1913).

It has a capitula (a dense cluster of sessile or subsessile flowers) which are terminal (at the end) of 1-3 in the leaf axils.

The involucral scales (surround the flower head) are greyish glandular and hairy.

[3] It is found growing in alkaline and sandy soils in dry wooded grassland or open woodland.

It is often found in large amount growing along roadsides and disturbed areas.