Dittrichia

Dittrichia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. Its species were formerly included in the genus Inula.^[3][4][5][6]

Dittrichia
Dittrichia viscosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Subfamily:	Asteroideae
Tribe:	Inuleae
Genus:	Dittrichia Greuter, 1973
Type species
Dittrichia viscosa (L.) Greuter
Synonyms[1][2]
Cupularia Godr. & Gren. 1850, illegitimate homonym, not Link 1833 (Myxomycota)

Dittrichia is named after German botanist Manfred Dittrich (1934-2016), the previous director of the herbarium at the Botanical Garden in Berlin.^[7]

Species^[1]

• Dittrichia graveolens, stinkwort, sticky stinkweed - Mediterranean region (southern Europe^[8] + North Africa) plus southwest Asia as far east as Pakistan; naturalized in California, Asia, Africa, Australia, and other places^[9][10]
• Dittrichia viscosa, false yellowhead, yellow fleabane - Mediterranean region (southern Europe + North Africa)