Pulicaria dysenterica
Pulicaria dysenterica | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Pulicaria |
Species: | P. dysenterica
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Binomial name | |
Pulicaria dysenterica |
Pulicaria dysenterica, the common fleabane,ray florets. When setting seed the flower heads reflex.[5]
Common fleabane is the main food plant for the fleabane tortoise beetle (Cassida murraea),[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]
References
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Pulicaria dysenterica". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Fleabane (Pulicaria Dysenterica, Gray)".
- ^ "Pulicaria dysenterica Fleabane, Meadow false fleabane PFAF Plant Database".
- ^ a b "Pulicaria in Flora of North America @". Efloras.org. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ "Cassida murraea Linnaeus, 1767 | UK Beetle Recording".
- ^ "Apodia bifractella - UKMoths".
- ^ "Ptocheuusa paupella - UKMoths".
- ^ "Dusky Plume Oidaematophorus lithodactyla - UKMoths".
- ^ "Digitivalva pulicariae - UKMoths".
External links
- Pulicaria dysenterica at Plants for a Future
- Common fleabane at Naturespot
- Pulicaria dysenterica at Emorgate seeds
Media related to Pulicaria dysenterica at Wikimedia Commons