Family |
Asteraceae
Pulicaria dysenterica
(L.) Bernh.
Pulicaria dysenterica (L.) Bernh.
First published in Syst. Verz. Erf.: 153 (1800).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 3, pp. 376–377, Pl. CCVI, 1; 1983)
Description
Synonym: Inula dysenterica L., verified in Kew.
Life-form & habit: Perennial with erect or ascending, branched, glandular, finely hairy stems, 50–80 cm tall, ending in a corymb.
Leaves: Nearly hairless but glandular, oblong to linear, with slightly rolled margins and very small rounded teeth; bases shortly eared and partly clasping the stem.
Inflorescence & flowers: Heads scarcely exceeding 15 mm across, on slender, flexuous stalks with or without one or two short bracts. Involucral bracts equal, narrowly lanceolate-linear and hairy. Numerous ray florets extend well beyond the involucre, their ligules about 1.5–2 times its length.
Fruit: Small achenes with a toothed crown and 14–20 bristles about four times as long as the achene body.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: August–November.
Habitat & elevation: Ditch margins and damp ground.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Saida, Beirut, Dora, Nahr Ibrahim, Tripoli, Broummana, Abey, Bikfaya, Jamhour, Moukhtara, Beskinta, Dimane and Mouallaqa.
Syrian distribution: Damascus, Ghouta, Raboue, Outaya, Arne, southern Banias and Hamme.
Recorded locations: Sannine and Bqaatouta.
Native range: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Baleares, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Corse, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Türkiye, Türkiye-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya.
Introduced into: Maryland.
⚠️ Taxonomic note:
The editors explain that Mouterde’s manuscript treated the regional plant as Pulicaria uliginosa, distinct from P. dysenterica. Kew places P. uliginosa Steven ex DC. under the accepted P. dysenterica subsp. uliginosa. The regional description above follows that treatment; the CMS name and global range remain at species level.