Asteraceae
Meadow false fleabane
Pulicaria dysenterica
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Pulicaria
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Common names
By language (26)
- Arabic
- رعراع أيوب
- arz
- بوليكاريا ديسينتيريكا
- Azerbaijani
- Dizenteriya pulikariyası
- Bulgarian
- Блъшница
- Catalan
- Pulicaire dysentérique
- Chinese
- 止痢蚤草
- Czech
- Blešník úplavičný
- Dutch
- Heelblaadjes
- English
- Meadow false fleabane, Common fleabane, Fleabane
- Esperanto
- Pulikario kontraǔdisenteria
- Finnish
- Vanukirppuruoho
- French
- Pulicaire dysentérique
- Galician
- Herba do gato
- German
- Großes Flohkraut, Ruhrwurz, Pulicaire dysentérique
- gv
- Bossan jargan
- Hebrew
- פרעושית משלשלת
- Hungarian
- Mezei bolhafű
- kw
- Hwannles
- Lithuanian
- Pulicaire dysentérique
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Strandloppeurt
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Strandloppeurt
- Polish
- Płesznik czerwonkowy
- Russian
- Блошница дизентерийная
- Slovak
- Blšník červienkový
- Slovenian
- Srčastolistna bolhača
- Welsh
- Cedowydd, Amhrydlwyd, Chweinllys
Synonyms
- Pulicaria dysenterica var. dysenterica
Flowers
- In flower
- July to September (from 1,151 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Duarte Frade, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: DDennisM, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Peter Gabler, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Radio Tonreg from Vienna, Austria, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Phil Sellens from East Sussex, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marios Thoma, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ryan Sains, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.