''Baccharis articulata'' is a species of shrub in the family

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. The species was first described by

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biologi ...

, but was later reclassified by

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (31 December 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a Cape Colony mycologist who is recognized as one of the founders of mycology, mycological Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy. Early life Persoon was born in Cape Colony at ...

in 1807. The species is used for a variety of medical uses and is also native to parts of South America.

Medical uses

It is used in traditional folk medicine for liver diseases. It has also been traditionally used to treat digestive disorders and urinary infections. In Brazil the plant is used to treat

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in cattle.

Distribution

It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It can be found in the Paranaese forest. It was also introduced to Spain.

Flowers

Like almost all baccharis species, ''Baccharis articulata'' is

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with unisexual flowers. The flowers are visited by '' Discodon'', ''

Apis mellifera The western honey bee or European honey bee (''Apis mellifera'') is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide. The genus name ''Apis'' is Latin for 'bee', and ''mellifera'' is the Latin for 'honey-bearing' or 'honey-carrying', ...

'', ''Lucilia sericata'', and '' Ruizantheda divaricata''. In August and September, the plant has multi-petal flowers which are pale greenish yellow.

Common names

In Portuguese, the species goes by the

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''carqueja-branca'', ''carqueja-doce'', and ''carquejinha''. In English, it goes by the common name salt water false willow.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5716024 articulata Flora of Argentina Flora of Bolivia Flora of Brazil Flora of Paraguay Flora of Uruguay Medicinal plants of South America