Inula salicina

Linnaeus

Sp. Pl. 2: 882. 1753.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 19. Treatment on page 474.

Plants 20–80+ cm. Leaves: basal blades lanceolate, 2–6 cm × 5–15 (–30) mm; cauline blades broadly elliptic to lanceolate, (3–) 5–7+ cm × 12–20 mm, bases cordate, clasping (faces usually glabrous, adaxial venation raised, reticulation prominent). Involucres 8–12 (–20) mm diam. Outer phyllaries lance-linear, 5–7 × 1.5–2.5 mm; inner similar, more scarious. Ray-florets 35–70; corolla laminae 10–15+ mm. Disc corollas 5–7+ mm. Cypselae 1.5–2 mm, glabrous; pappi of 30–40+, distinct or basally connate, barbellate bristles 7–8 mm. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering mid–late summer.
Habitat: Roadsides, waste places

Distribution

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Introduced; Mass., N.Y., Europe

Discussion

Inula salicina is probably an occasional escape from garden trash and not truly established in the flora.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Inula salicina"
rounded;truncate +
scarious +
ovate +  and lanceovate or linear +
corymbiform +  and open +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Neil A. Harriman +
Linnaeus +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
cordate +
compound +  and simple +
entire +, usually serrate +  and dentate +
connate +  and distinct +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
broadly elliptic +  and lanceolate +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
prismatic +  and columnar +
fertile +  and bisexual +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br />) +
Mass. +, N.Y. +  and Europe +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Roadsides, waste places +
in open , corymbiform arrays +  and singly +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +
each +  and sessile +
0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
campanulate;hemispheric +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
sessile +  and petiolate +
cauline +  and basal +
deltate +
serrate +, dentate +  and entire +
5mm +  and 7mm +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
Flowering mid–late summer. +
unequal +  and subequal +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
alveolate +  and smooth +
convex;flat +
setiform +
exalbuminous +
prostrate +  and ascending +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Compositae +
Inula salicina +
species +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
10 +, 9 +  and 8 +