Inula spiraeifolia is a perennial herbaceous

Herbaceous

A herbaceous plant is a plant that has leaves and stems that die down at the end of the growing season to the soil level. They have no persistent woody stem above ground...

 plant belonging to the genus Inula

Inula

Inula is a large genus of about 90 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa. The genus is thought by some to be paraphyletic, based on the study of the different phenolic compounds the various species have.They are mostly perennial herbs that vary...

of the Asteraceae

Asteraceae

The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...

 family.

Description

Inula spiraeifolia reaches an height of 30–80 cm (11.8–31.5 ). The middle leaves are oblong-elliptic and they measure 3–5 cm (1.2–2 ) of length and 1–2 cm (0.393700787401575–0.78740157480315 ) of width. The base of the leaves is not embracing the stem. The upper cauline leaves are erect, with a round base. The stem is erect and branched, with numerous flowers (two to twelve). The outer ones are ligulate and bright yellow, while the inner ones are tubular dark orange. The flower's attachment to the stalk (receptacle) is covered by clearly curved scales. The flowering period extends from June to August.

Habitat

They can be found up to 700 metres (2,296.6 ft) above sea level, in most environments, rocky, arid and hot.

External links

• Biolib
• Inula