Pulicaria dysenterica shine sunan kimiyya don shuka wanda aka fi sani da "Fleabane." Fleabane tsire-tsire ne mai tsiro wanda ke cikin dangin Asteraceae kuma asalinsa ne a Turai, Asiya, da Arewacin Afirka. Itacen yana da furanni masu launin rawaya kuma ana amfani dashi a al'ada don maganinta, musamman wajen maganin ciwon daji da sauran cututtuka na ciki. Kalmar "Pulicaria" ta samo asali ne daga kalmar Latin "pulex," ma'ana "ƙuma," kuma yana nufin amfani da tsire-tsire a matsayin maganin ƙuma. Kalmar "dysenterica" tana nufin amfani da tsire-tsire na gargajiya wajen magance ciwon daji.