Pulicaria Dysenterica seed

LATIN NAME: Pulicaria dysenterica

COMMON NAME: Fleabane

The fleabane holds its many small, yellow, daisy-like flower heads above the narrow, hairy leaves, and the whole plant stands in the low, leafy clumps. The low, spreading, hairy, perennial plant carries the narrow, lance-shaped, wavy-margined, softly hairy leaves and the many small, yellow, daisy-like flower heads with the fine, narrow ray petals through the summer, one of the fine, bright sights of the meadow patch, drawing the bees, to be followed by the small, downy seed heads. The plant is a fine, generous presence of the meadow patch, and it is a plant of the open, sunny, moist, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The fleabane is a historic subject of the plant science, and the daisy-like heads keep showing up in the work on the meadow perennials. The way the many small, yellow, daisy-like flower heads form above the narrow, hairy leaves has been studied steadily, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the meadow perennials, the yellow heads and the members of the daisy family. The wavy-margined leaves and the low habit have also made it a fine study plant, and the fleabane is a regular subject of the work on the daisy-like heads of the cool world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The fleabane is a fine, bright plant of the meadow patch and the study collection. The many small, yellow, daisy-like flower heads with the fine, narrow ray petals open through the summer, one of the fine, bright sights of the meadow patch, drawing the bees, and the narrow, lance-shaped, wavy-margined, softly hairy leaves carry the fine, quiet look of the old meadows, while the small, downy seed heads follow the flowers. It is one of the fine choices for the meadow patch, the damp bed and the study collection, and it has been written about in the botanical and the horticultural papers for the daisy-like heads and the generous ways. It is a fine, bright plant of the open, sunny, moist, well-drained garden.

Give the young plants the moist, well-drained bed, and the daisy-like heads will open through the summer.

To grow the fleabane from seed, sow the small, brown seeds just under the surface of the deep pot of fine, sandy soil, keep the pot in a bright, open spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings appear within a couple of weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun and the moist, well-drained ground, the daisy-like heads will open through the summer.

Pulicaria dysenterica

Wildflower

Height : 100cm

Common fleabane is an attractive, native and perennial
member of the daisy family.
It is a distinctly downy, almost woolly plant
that grows to about 1m and has lanceolate wavy edged leaves.
The rays and disc florets,
which make up the 3cm diameter flower heads,
are golden yellow with the flowers
blooming from July to late September.
The open flower heads of Common fleabane
are an important pollen and nectar source
for a wide range of
bee, hoverfly and butterfly species.