Pulicaria dysenterica

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Pulicaria dysenterica
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Pulicaria
Species:
P. dysenterica
Binomial name
Pulicaria dysenterica

Pulicaria dysenterica, the common fleabane,[1] or, in North America, meadow false fleabane,[2] is a species of fleabane in the daisy family. It is native to Europe and western Asia where it grows in a variety of habitats ranging from semi-arid Mediterranean woodlands to wetter situations.[3] Pulicaria dysenterica is perennial and can form dense clusters of plants, spreading by its roots. It flowers at its maximum height of about 60 centimetres (2.0 ft).[4] Leaves are alternately arranged and clasp the stem, which itself contains a salty-astringent liquid. The yellow inflorescences are typically composed of a prominent centre of 40–100 disc florets surrounded by 20–30 narrow, pistillate ray florets. When setting seed the flower heads reflex.[5]

Common fleabane is the main food plant for the Fleabane Tortoise Beetle (),[6] and for four micromoths, Apodia bifractella,[7] Ptocheuusa paupella,[8] Dusky Plume (Oidaematophorus lithodactyla)[9] and Digitivalva pulicariae.[10]

Fleabane's common name comes from its former use as an incense to drive away insects.[5] Other past uses include treatments for dysentery and unspecified ocular maladies.[3] Digitivalva pulicariae

References[]

  1. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  2. ^ "Pulicaria dysenterica". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
  3. ^ a b http://chestofbooks.com/flora-plants/flowers/British-Wild-Flowers-1/Fleabane-Pulicaria-Dysenterica-Gray.html
  4. ^ http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Pulicaria+dysenterica
  5. ^ a b http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=127631
  6. ^ https://www.coleoptera.org.uk/species/cassida-murraea
  7. ^ "Apodia bifractella - UKMoths".
  8. ^ "Ptocheuusa paupella - UKMoths".
  9. ^ "Dusky Plume Oidaematophorus lithodactyla - UKMoths".
  10. ^ "Digitivalva pulicariae - UKMoths".

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