| Accepted name: |
Androsace septentrionalis L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Pygmy-flower
Northern Androsace
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| French names: |
Androsace septentrionale
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Primulales
Family: Primulaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HANDSE
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
A |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Cold infusion taken for internal pain. Plant used as "life medicine." Compound decoction of plant taken before sweatbath for venereal disease. Plant used as a lotion to give protection from witches(*19)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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