| Accepted name: |
Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. ssp. umbellata |
| Synonym(s): |
-Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. var. umbellata
-Comandra umbellata (L.) Nutt. ssp. pallida (A. DC.) Piehl
-Comandra richardsiana Fern.
-Thesium umbellatum L.
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| English names: |
Bastard Toadflax
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| French names: |
Comandre à ombelles
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Santalales
Family: Santalaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HCOMUMU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Juice applied to cut or sore. Compound infusion used for kidneys(*7). Infusion of leaf taken for lung pains. Medicine licked to ease labored breathing caused by a cold or other illness. Infusion of leaf taken for lung pains(*14)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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