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Dittrichia
Dittrichia viscosa
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Dittrichia

Greuter, 1973
Type species
Dittrichia viscosa
Synonyms[1][2]

Cupularia Godr. & Gren. 1850, illegitimate homonym, not Link 1833 (Myxomycota)

Dittrichia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. Its species were formerly included n the genus Inula.[3][4][5][6]

Dittrichia is named after German botanist Manfred Dittrich (born 1934), the previous director of the herbarium at the Botanical Garden in Berlin.[7]

Species[1]
  1. Dittrichia graveolens, stinkwort, sticky stinkweed - Mediterranean region (southern Europe[8] + North Africa) plus southwest Asia as far east as Pakistan; naturalized in California, Asia, Africa, Australia, and other places[9][10]
  2. Dittrichia viscosa, false yellowhead, yellow fleabane - Mediterranean region (southern Europe + North Africa)

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