Klasea pusilla | |
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Klasea pusilla growing on Joubbat El Mnaitra mountain, Lebanon | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Klasea |
Species: | K. pusilla
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Binomial name | |
Klasea pusilla (
Labill.) Greuter & Wagenitz
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Synonyms | |
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Klasea pusilla ( Arabic: ورخة قزمة), is a species in the genus Klasea (previously in the genus Serratula). [1] [2] It is a native of the Eastern Mediterranean. [3] [4] [5]
Klasea pusilla has a thistle-like flower head, it flowers from April to June. [6]
The plant grows in Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Jordan in Mediterranean semi-steppe shrubland. [3] [7]
A 2014 study investigating the biological activity of Lebanese indigenous medicinal plants showed that whole plant extracts of K. pusilla has a significant repellent effect against the adult silverleaf whitefly, an important invasive agricultural pest. [8] [9]
Klasea pusilla | |
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Klasea pusilla growing on Joubbat El Mnaitra mountain, Lebanon | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Klasea |
Species: | K. pusilla
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Binomial name | |
Klasea pusilla (
Labill.) Greuter & Wagenitz
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Synonyms | |
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Klasea pusilla ( Arabic: ورخة قزمة), is a species in the genus Klasea (previously in the genus Serratula). [1] [2] It is a native of the Eastern Mediterranean. [3] [4] [5]
Klasea pusilla has a thistle-like flower head, it flowers from April to June. [6]
The plant grows in Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Jordan in Mediterranean semi-steppe shrubland. [3] [7]
A 2014 study investigating the biological activity of Lebanese indigenous medicinal plants showed that whole plant extracts of K. pusilla has a significant repellent effect against the adult silverleaf whitefly, an important invasive agricultural pest. [8] [9]