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|accepted_name=Pulicaria
|accepted_authority=Gaertner
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fruct. Sem. Pl.
|place=2: 461, plate 173, fig. 7. 1791
|year=1791
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|common_names=False fleabane
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Inuleae;Pulicaria
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Inuleae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Pulicaria]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin pulex, flea, and -aria, pertaining to; alluding to use of the plants as flea repellent
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 47
|treatment_page=page 471
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism atypical some measurement;whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration"><b>Annuals </b>(biennials, or perennials) [shrubs, subshrubs], (5–) 20–120 cm (sometimes rhizomatous).</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>basal and/or cauline (mostly cauline at flowering), alternate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position;leaf arrangement;leaf architecture">usually sessile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade margin architecture or shape;blade margin architecture or shape;blade margin architecture or shape">blade margins entire or ± dentate to serrate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="head architecture or arrangement;array architecture;array architecture;array architecture"><b>Heads </b>radiate [disciform or discoid], in corymbiform, racemiform, or paniculiform arrays.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre diameter;involucre diameter;involucre diameter"><b>Involucres </b>hemispheric to campanulate, [3–] 5–10 [–20+] mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="phyllary duration;series atypical quantity;series quantity;series size"><b>Phyllaries </b>persistent (reflexed in fruit), in (2–) 3–4+ series, unequal to subequal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="receptacle prominence or shape;receptacle relief;receptacle relief;receptacle architecture"><b>Receptacles </b>flat, smooth or minutely alveolate, epaleate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="ray-floret atypical quantity;ray-floret atypical quantity;ray-floret quantity;ray-floret architecture;ray-floret reproduction"><b>Ray-</b>florets (10–) 20–30 [–60+], pistillate, fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="corolla coloration;lamina some measurement">corollas yellow, laminae 1.5–2+ mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="disc-floret atypical quantity;disc-floret atypical quantity;disc-floret quantity"><b>Disc-</b>florets (9–) 40–100 [–150+];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="corolla coloration;lobe quantity">corollas yellow, lobes 5.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="cypsela shape"><b>Cypselae </b>ellipsoid (abruptly constricted distally; often glandular distally);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="pappus duration;scale fusion;scale architecture or relief;bristle fusion;bristle architecture;bristle shape">pappi persistent, outer of basally connate, ± erose scales (usually forming cups), inner of distinct (fragile), barbellate or flattened bristles.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 7, 9, 10.</span><!--

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|distribution=Europe;Asia;Africa
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 100+ (1 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>Pulicaria arabica (Linnaeus) Cassini (Vicoa auriculata Cassini) was collected in Alabama, California, and Florida in the late 1800s. It does not appear to have become naturalized at any of those locations (A. Cronquist 1980; J. E. Arriagada 1998).</p><!--
--><p>Pulicaria dysenterica (Linnaeus) Bernhardi was collected in the late 1800s as a ballast weed in New Jersey and in Pennsylvania. It was collected in the 1920s growing on the margins of a marsh in Maryland. Although it is widely cultivated for its insecticidal properties, there is no evidence that it has ever become established in the flora (J. E. Arriagada 1998).</p><!--
--><p>Pulicaria vulgaris Gaertner was collected as a ballast weed in New Jersey in 1879. No other collections of the species from North America are known to me.</p>
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name=Pulicaria
|author=Robert E. Preston
|authority=Gaertner
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=Europe;Asia;Africa
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Fruct. Sem. Pl.
|publication year=1791
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Inuleae
|genus=Pulicaria
|array architecture=paniculiform;racemiform;corymbiform
|blade margin architecture or shape=serrate;dentate;entire
|bristle architecture=barbellate
|bristle fusion=distinct
|bristle shape=flattened
|corolla coloration=yellow;yellow
|cypsela shape=ellipsoid
|disc-floret atypical quantity=100;150
|disc-floret quantity=40;100
|head architecture or arrangement=radiate
|involucre diameter=5mm;10mm
|involucre shape=hemispheric;campanulate
|lamina some measurement=1.5mm;2mm
|leaf architecture=sessile
|leaf arrangement=alternate
|leaf position=cauline;basal
|lobe quantity=5
|pappus duration=persistent
|phyllary duration=persistent
|ray-floret architecture=pistillate
|ray-floret atypical quantity=30;60
|ray-floret quantity=20;30
|ray-floret reproduction=fertile
|receptacle architecture=epaleate
|receptacle prominence or shape=flat
|receptacle relief=alveolate;smooth
|scale architecture or relief=erose
|scale fusion=connate
|series atypical quantity=2;3
|series quantity=3;4
|series size=unequal;subequal
|whole-organism atypical some measurement=5cm;20cm
|whole-organism duration=annual
|whole-organism some measurement=20cm;120cm
|x chromosome quantity=10;9;7
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