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Baccharis articulata

Baccharis articulata

Pers.
Carquejilla

Family: Asteraceae
Order: Asterales
Class: Magnoliopsida
Phylum / Division: Magnoliophyta
Kingdom: Plantae

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Description


Baccharis articulata is a species of shrub in the family Asteraceae. also known as carqueja.

The species was first described by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, but was later reclassified by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon in 1807. The species is used for a variety of medical uses and is also native to parts of South America.

Medical uses: It is used in traditional folk medicine for liver diseases. It has also been traditionally used to treat digestive disorders and urinary infections. In Brazil the plant is used to treat diarrhea in cattle.

Distribution: It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It can be found in the Paranaese forest. It was also introduced to Spain.

Flowers: Like almost all baccharis species, Baccharis articulata is dioecious with unisexual flowers. The flowers are visited by Discodon, Apis mellifera, Lucilia sericata, and Ruizantheda divaricata.

In August and September, the plant has multi-petal flowers which are pale greenish yellow.

Common names: In Portuguese, the species goes by the common name , , and .

In English, it goes by the common name salt water false willow.

Source: Wikipedia, article Baccharis articulata. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
172827824/02/2023ArgentinaBuenos AiresCerca de la Reserva Ecológica Vicente LópezMarcos Augusto Lartigau
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Baccharis articulata – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 14/09/2026.