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

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. The species was first described by

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, but was later reclassified by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon 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 dioecious with unisexual flowers. The flowers are visited by ''

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

Common names

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

References

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