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Hieracium murorum microspilon (dragon wormwood)

Synonyms: Hieracium microspilon (homotypic); Hieracium murorum micropsilon; Hieracium murorum var. micropsilon; Hieracium murorum var. microspilon (homotypic); Hieracium sylvaticum microspilon (homotypic)

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Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  Although no reports of toxicity have been seen for this species, skin contact with some members of this genus can cause dermatitis or other allergic reactions in some people;
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Wind
Scent [1]  The leaves are aromatic.
Usage [1]  The leaves contain about 0.3% essential oil, about 70% of which is methyl chivacol; This is used as a food flavouring, in detergents and also medicinally; Both the growing and the dried plant repels insects;
Height [1]  24 inches (0.6 m)
Width [1]  12 inches (0.3 m)
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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
♦ 3Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 4New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0