2017

TM4397 : Canadian fleabane (Conyza canadensis)

taken 7 years ago, near to Haddiscoe, Norfolk, England

Canadian fleabane  (Conyza canadensis)
Canadian fleabane (Conyza canadensis)
This plant is common and widespread and can be found growing in the European part of the former USSR, the Caucasus, Eastern and Western Siberia, the Far East, Central Asia, Scandinavia, Atlantic and Middle Europe, the Mediterranean, Asia Minor, Mongolia, Iran, Japan, Australia and China. Its oil contains 47 volatile components, 91% of which are terpenoid. The plant also contains a variety of flavonoids and tannins. Canadian horseweed is also known for its medicinal uses as an astringent, antirheumatic, diuretic, balsamic, emmenagogue, styptic, vermifuge and tonic. The plant is also known as horseweed.

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TM4397, 57 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Evelyn Simak   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 21 July, 2017   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 22 July, 2017
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 4384 9706 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:31.0096N 1:35.5503E
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! TM 4383 9704
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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