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Dictamnus albus
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species of plant
OverviewAI-generated
Dictamnus albus, commonly known as white dittany, gasplant, or peh-sien-pi, is a species of plant in the family Rutaceae. It belongs to the genus Dictamnus and is classified within the order Sapindales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. The species produces fruit in the form of a capsule.
Native to regions including Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Czechia-Slovakia, East European Russia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, and Altay, the plant has also been introduced to Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, New York, and Vermont. Records indicate its presence in India, South Korea, and the United States.
Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, iNaturalist, Gbif Occ, Encyclopedia of Life, Plants of the World, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
white dittany
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSapindales
- FamilyRutaceae
白鲜属（学名：Dictamnus）是芸香科下的一个属，为多年生草本植物。该属共有6种，分布于欧洲和亚洲北部。
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 778
- With media
- 675
- Family
- Rutaceae
- Collections
- MICH, DBG, CAS, SD, UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT, NHA
- Recorded in
- India, United States, France, South Korea, Russia, Italy, Soviet Union, North Korea
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Encyclopedic overview
Dictamnus albus is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is also known as burning bush, dittany, gas plant or fraxinella. This herbaceous perennial has several geographical variants. It is native to warm, open woodland habitats in southern Europe, north Africa and much of Asia.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dictamnus albus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.