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Sarracenia pitcher plants are especially proficient at trapping yellowjacket wasps Spearmint: repels fleas, moths, ants, beetles, rodents, [4] aphids, squash bugs, and the cabbage looper [3] Spiny amaranth: repels cutworms: Stone root: repels mosquitoes [5] Summer savory: repels bean beetles [3] Tansy
It appears to be derived from a belief that the dried plants repelled fleas [10] or that the plants were poisonous to fleas. [11] The generic name Erigeron is derived from the Ancient Greek words ἦρι ( êri ) "early in the morning" and γέρων ( gérōn ) "old man", a reference to the appearance of the white hairs of the fruit soon after ...
The name pulegioides is derived from the Latin pulegium, and means "like pennyroyal", in reference to European pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium). [8] The name pulegium was given to European pennyroyal by Pliny the Elder in the first century CE, for its use in repelling fleas (pulex, plural pulices) when it was spread on floors.
Synthetic repellents tend to be more effective and/or longer lasting than "natural" repellents. [1] [2]For protection against ticks and mosquito bites, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends DEET, icaridin (picaridin, KBR 3023), oil of lemon eucalyptus (OLE), para-menthane-diol (PMD), IR3535 and 2-undecanone with the caveat that higher percentages of the active ingredient ...
Flea beetles can be deterred by a number of different companion plants, that can be grown intercropped in a garden to benefit neighboring plants. For example, thyme, catnip, and other kinds of mint cover up the scent of nearby plants. [6] Radishes, on the other hand, can be grown as a trap crop, luring the flea beetles away from more important ...
Cultivar "Silver Ghost" is a taller, silver plant, which flowers much later (August–September) than typical absinthium (June–July) in Britain, so holds its silver appearance for longer. This and a more feathery-leaved cultivar "Persian Lace" were selected by National Collection Holder John Twibell in the 1990s.
Erigeron philadelphicus, the Philadelphia fleabane, is a species of flowering plant in the composite family ().Other common names include common fleabane, daisy fleabane, frost-root, marsh fleabane, poor robin's plantain, skevish or skervish, [3] and, in the British Isles, robin's-plantain, but all of these names are shared with other species of fleabanes (). [4]
Mentha pulegium, commonly (European) pennyroyal, or pennyrile, also called mosquito plant [2] and pudding grass, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. [4] Crushed pennyroyal leaves emit a very strong fragrance similar to spearmint.