Biology:Pulicaria dysenterica
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 (L.) Bernh.
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Pulicaria dysenterica, the common fleabane,[1] or, in North America, meadow false fleabane,[2] is a species of fleabane in the family Asteraceae. 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 (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
- ↑ (xls) BSBI List 2007, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland, https://bsbi.org/download/3542/, retrieved 2014-10-17
- ↑ "Pulicaria dysenterica". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PUDY. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Fleabane (Pulicaria Dysenterica, Gray)". http://chestofbooks.com/flora-plants/flowers/British-Wild-Flowers-1/Fleabane-Pulicaria-Dysenterica-Gray.html.
- ↑ "Pulicaria dysenterica Fleabane, Meadow false fleabane PFAF Plant Database". http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Pulicaria+dysenterica.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Pulicaria in Flora of North America @". Efloras.org. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=127631. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ↑ "Cassida murraea Linnaeus, 1767 | UK Beetle Recording". https://www.coleoptera.org.uk/species/cassida-murraea.
- ↑ "Apodia bifractella - UKMoths". https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/apodia-bifractella/.
- ↑ "Ptocheuusa paupella - UKMoths". https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/ptocheuusa-paupella/.
- ↑ "Dusky Plume Oidaematophorus lithodactyla - UKMoths". https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/oidaematophorus-lithodactyla/.
- ↑ "Digitivalva pulicariae - UKMoths". https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/digitivalva-pulicariae/.
External links
- Pulicaria dysenterica at Plants for a Future
- Common fleabane at Naturespot
- Pulicaria dysenterica at Emorgate seeds
Wikidata ☰ Q743794 entry
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