Common name
English: Meadow false fleabane
German: Großes Flohkraut
Mandarin: 止痢蚤草 (zhi li zao cao)
Portuguese: Erva-das-disenterias
English: Meadow false fleabane
German: Großes Flohkraut
Mandarin: 止痢蚤草 (zhi li zao cao)
Portuguese: Erva-das-disenterias
Kingdom: Plantae (2595)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2492)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2107)
Order: Asterales (218)
Family: Asteraceae (217)(family description)
Genus: Pulicaria (1)
Epithet: dysenterica (L.) Bernh. (1)
Synonym: Aster dysentericus (L.) Scop.
dysenterica => pertaining to dysentery (an inflammatory disorder of the intestine)
dysentericus => pertaining to dysentery (an inflammatory disorder of the intestine)
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
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