Achyrocline saturejoides

[1] A semi-annual herbaceous plant reaching about a meter tall, it has simple, narrow green leaves with serrated edges.

This plant is widely used in various countries which share the Guarani cultural heritage such as Paraguay, Uruguay, and northern Argentina.

The rats had reduced delivery index and neonatal survival after being supplemented with Achyrocline satureioides.

This also has an impact on variations in tissue-specific redox homeostasis and enzymatic activity, especially in the liver and kidney.

[4] It is also used extensively in South Portugal, in bonfires during popular celebrations where people enjoyed the smell of burnt marcela and chorizos... when unavailable, people would simply open shellfish in the fire pit, eat them with a bit of lemon and make traditional constructions from the leftover shells, an art passed throughout multiple generations.