Common name
English: Meadow false fleabane
German: Großes Flohkraut
Mandarin: 止痢蚤草 (zhi li zao cao)
Portuguese: Erva-das-disenterias
Classification
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)
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: yellow
External links
Check for Pulicaria dysenterica at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [112] Image of Pulicaria dysenterica - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz
- [656] Pulicaria dysenterica - Plants For A Future database
Literature
- [11] Schönfelder, I. and Schönfelder, P. (1999): Die Kosmos-Mittelmeerflora. Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart, Germany.