Pulicaria paludosa is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Spanish false fleabane. It is native to Europe, particularly Spain and Portugal, and it is known as an introduced species in California, Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada, where it grows as a weed on roadsides, wetlands, riparian corridors, and other damp, disturbed areas. It is an annual, biennial, or perennial herb growing a few centimeters tall to well over a meter tall from a rhizomatous root system. The leaves are alternately arranged with blades in a variety of shapes from linear to oblong or oval. The herbage is coated in soft hairs. The inflorescence bears many flower heads. Each head has narrow, pointed, hairy phyllaries, a large dense center of many yellow disc florets, and a short fringe of many rectangular yellow ray florets, which are only about 2 millimeters long each. The fruit is an achene tipped with a pappus of bristles.
Pulicaria paludosa is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Spanish false fleabane. It is native to Europe, particularly Spain and Portugal, and it is known as an introduced species in California, Arizona, and Clark County, Nevada, where it grows as a weed on roadsides, wetlands, riparian corridors, and other damp, disturbed areas. It is an annual, biennial, or perennial herb growing a few centimeters tall to well over a meter tall from a rhizomatous root system. The leaves are alternately arranged with blades in a variety of shapes from linear to oblong or oval. The herbage is coated in soft hairs. The inflorescence bears many flower heads. Each head has narrow, pointed, hairy phyllaries, a large dense center of many yellow disc florets, and a short fringe of many rectangular yellow ray florets, which are only about 2 millimeters long each. The fruit is an achene tipped with a pappus of bristles.
La matapulgas (Pulicaria paludosa) es una planta de la familia de las asteráceas.
En The Plant List lo considera un sinónimo de Pulicaria arabica subsp. hispanica (Boiss.) Murb.[1]
Hierba anual o bienal. Tallos de hasta 75 cm. Hojas de hasta 70 mm, oblongo-lanceoladas. Involucro de 4-7,5 mm. Flores hemiliguladas de 4-7 mm, amarillento-anaranjadas; flores flosculosas de 3-4,5 mm. Aquenios de 0,7-1,2 mm.[2]
Endemismo Ibérico-Magrebí. Ruderal. Florece y fructifica desde la primavera y hasta el otoño.
Pulicaria paludosa fue descrita por Heinrich Friedrich Link y publicado en Neues Journal für die Botanik 1(3): 142. 1806.[3]
Pulicaria: nombre genérico que deriva del latín pulicarius para "como una pulga"[4]
paludosa: epíteto latíno que significa "de los pantanos".
Número de cromosomas de Pulicaria paludosa (Fam. Compositae) y táxones infraespecíficos: n=9.[5][6]
La matapulgas (Pulicaria paludosa) es una planta de la familia de las asteráceas.
En The Plant List lo considera un sinónimo de Pulicaria arabica subsp. hispanica (Boiss.) Murb.
Pulicaria paludosa é uma espécie de planta com flor pertencente à família Asteraceae.
A autoridade científica da espécie é Link, tendo sido publicada em Neues Journal für die Botanik 1(3): 142. 1806.[1]
Trata-se de uma espécie presente no território português, nomeadamente em Portugal Continental e no Arquipélago dos Açores.
Em termos de naturalidade é nativa de Portugal Continental e introduzida no Arquipélago dos Açores.
Não se encontra protegida por legislação portuguesa ou da Comunidade Europeia
Pulicaria paludosa é uma espécie de planta com flor pertencente à família Asteraceae.
A autoridade científica da espécie é Link, tendo sido publicada em Neues Journal für die Botanik 1(3): 142. 1806.