''Baccharis articulata'' is a species of shrub in the family Asteraceae. The species was first described by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, but was later reclassified by

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1 February 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a German mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy. Early life Persoon was born in South Africa at the Cape of Good Hope, the third child of an immig ...

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 diarrhea 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 Dioecy (; ; adj. dioecious , ) is a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct individual organisms (unisexual) that produce male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproductio ...

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

common name In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrast ...

''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