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|accepted_name=Inula
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 881. 1753
|year=1753
}}, {{Treatment/Publication
|title=Gen. Pl. ed.
|place=5, 375. 1754
|year=1754
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Inuleae;Inula
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Inuleae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Inula]]</div></div>
|etymology=Greek inaein, to clean, alluding to medicinal effects; or Latin inula, an ancient name for elecampane
|volume=Volume 19
|mention_page=page 40, 471, 474
|treatment_page=page 473
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole-organism some measurement;whole-organism duration"><b>Perennials </b>[annuals], 20–200 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>basal (usually withering before flowering) and cauline;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf position;leaf position;leaf architecture;leaf architecture">petiolate (proximal) or sessile (distal);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade margin architecture or shape;blade margin architecture or shape">blade margins usually serrate to dentate, sometimes entire.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="head architecture or arrangement;head arrangement;head arrangement;array architecture;array architecture"><b>Heads </b>radiate [disciform, discoid], borne singly or in open, corymbiform arrays.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="involucre shape;involucre shape;involucre diameter;involucre diameter"><b>Involucres </b>hemispheric or campanulate, [5–] 10–40 mm diam.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="phyllary duration;series quantity"><b>Phyllaries </b>persistent, in 4–7+ series.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="receptacle shape;receptacle shape;receptacle relief;receptacle relief;receptacle architecture"><b>Receptacles </b>flat or convex, smooth or alveolate, epaleate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="ray-floret atypical quantity;ray-floret quantity;ray-floret architecture;ray-floret reproduction"><b>Ray-</b>florets (15–) 50–150+, pistillate, fertile;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="corolla coloration;lamina some measurement">corollas yellow [orange], laminae 10–30+ mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="disc-floret atypical quantity;disc-floret quantity"><b>Disc-</b>florets mostly (50–) 100–250+;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="corolla coloration;lobe quantity">corollas yellow, lobes 5.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="cypsela shape;cypsela shape"><b>Cypselae </b>± columnar (subterete) or prismatic (± 4–5-ribbed or angled);</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="bristle fusion;bristle architecture;scale shape;series quantity">pappi persistent, of basally connate, barbellate bristles or setiform scales in 1 series.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="pappus duration;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 8, 9, 10.</span><!--

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|distribution=Old World
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species ca. 100 (3 in the flora).</p><!--
--><p>The three species in the flora are probably escapes from cultivation. Formerly, Inula was circumscribed more broadly.</p>
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|references=
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==Key==
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{| class="wikitable fna-keytable"
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Blades of basal (and proximal cauline) leaves 100–200 mm wide; involucres (20–)30–40 mm diam.; outer phyllaries 6–8(–20+) mm wide
|[[Inula helenium|Inula helenium]]
|-id=key-0-1
|1
|Blades of basal (and proximal cauline) leaves mostly 10–30 mm wide; involucres 7–15(–20) mm diam.; outer phyllaries mostly 0.5–2.5 mm wide
|[[#key-0-2| > 2]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Blades of cauline leaves lance-elliptic to lance-linear (venation not raised adaxially, reticulation not evident); outer phyllaries 4–6 × 0.5–0.8 mm
|[[Inula britannica|Inula britannica]]
|-id=key-0-2
|2
|Blades of cauline leaves broadly elliptic to lanceolate (venation raised adaxially, reticulation prominent); outer phyllaries 5–7 × 1.5–2.5 mm
|[[Inula salicina|Inula salicina]]
|}
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Inula
|author=Neil A. Harriman
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=genus
|parent rank=tribe
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|distribution=Old World
|introduced=true
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.;Gen. Pl. ed.
|publication year=1753;1754
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Inuleae
|genus=Inula
|array architecture=corymbiform;open
|blade margin architecture or shape=entire;usually serrate;dentate
|bristle architecture=barbellate
|bristle fusion=connate
|corolla coloration=yellow;yellow
|cypsela shape=prismatic;columnar
|disc-floret atypical quantity=50;100
|disc-floret quantity=100;250
|head architecture or arrangement=radiate
|head arrangement=in open , corymbiform arrays;singly
|involucre diameter=10mm;40mm
|involucre shape=campanulate;hemispheric
|lamina some measurement=10mm;30mm
|leaf architecture=sessile;petiolate
|leaf position=cauline;basal
|lobe quantity=5
|pappus duration=persistent
|phyllary duration=persistent
|ray-floret architecture=pistillate
|ray-floret atypical quantity=15;50
|ray-floret quantity=50;150
|ray-floret reproduction=fertile
|receptacle architecture=epaleate
|receptacle relief=alveolate;smooth
|receptacle shape=convex;flat
|scale shape=setiform
|series quantity=1;4;7
|whole-organism duration=perennial
|whole-organism some measurement=20cm;200cm
|x chromosome quantity=10;9;8
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