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Species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Baccharis articulata is a species of shrub in the family Asteraceae.[2]
Baccharis articulata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Baccharis |
Species: | B. articulata |
Binomial name | |
Baccharis articulata | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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The species was first described by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, but was later reclassified by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1807.[3] The species is used for a variety of medical uses and is also native to parts of South America.
It is used in traditional folk medicine for liver diseases.[4] It has also been traditionally used to treat digestive disorders and urinary infections.[5] In Brazil the plant is used to treat diarrhea in cattle.[6]
It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.[5] It can be found in the Paranaese forest.[7] It was also introduced to Spain.[1]
Like almost all baccharis species, Baccharis articulata is dioecious[8] with unisexual flowers. The flowers are visited by Discodon, Apis mellifera, Lucilia sericata, and Ruizantheda divaricata.[2]
In August and September, the plant has multi-petal flowers which are pale greenish yellow.[3]
In Portuguese, the species goes by the common name carqueja-branca, carqueja-doce, and carquejinha.[2][9]
In English, it goes by the common name salt water false willow.[10]
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