A common plant of marshy places and found by ponds. It flowers in late summer. The names arises because smoke which arises from burning this plant is reputed to drive away fleas and midges. The latin for flea: Pulex gives the genus name and since its other use was a cure for dysentery, the species name became dysenterica.
RSPB Reserve Deganwy 23rd August 2001
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