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| name = ''Inula''
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|genus=Inula
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| image_caption = ''[[Inula helenium]]''
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
 
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| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
 
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| ordo = [[Asterales]]
 
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| familia = [[Asteraceae]]
 
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| subfamilia = [[Asteroideae]]
 
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| tribus = [[Inuleae]]
 
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| genus = '''''Inula'''''
 
 
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Inula (ancient name). Compositae. Hardy herbaceous plants of the easiest culture and of rather coarse habit, with heads of yellow or orange, each 2 to 4 inches across, borne in summer.
  
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'''''Inula''''' is a large genus of about 90 species of [[flowering plant]]s in the family [[Asteraceae]], native to [[Europe]], [[Asia]] and [[Africa]]. It has been reported that this genus is [[paraphyletic]], based on chemical data of the [[phenol]]ic compounds of this genus.
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Herbs, usually perennial, glandular, hairy : lvs. radical or alternate, entire or serrate: heads large, medium or small, solitary, corymbose, panicled or crowded at the crown; fls. tubular and ray, the rays yellow, rarely white; disk-fls. perfect, their tubular corollas 5-toothed: achenes 4-5-ribbed. — A genus of about 56 species, found in Eu., Asia and Afr. None of its near allies is cult.
  
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These are mostly perennial herbs. The species vary greatly in size, from tiny species for rock gardens to enormous perennials reaching a height of over 3 metres. This genus shows equally a marked difference in the size of the leaves.
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There is such a great abundance of autumn-flowering yellow composites in the hardy border that only those inulas that bloom in early summer are particularly desirable. Elecampane, I. helenium, is probably also cultivated for medicine. A preparation of the mucilaginous roots is common in drugstores. Inula flowers have as many as forty linear rays. The plants like a sunny position, grow vigorously in any garden soil, and are propagated by division or seed.
  
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Some common characteristics include [[pappus]] with bristles, flat [[capitulum]], and lack of [[chaff]].
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I. oculus-christi. Linn. Two ft.; an erect, somewhat branched, woolly perennial with oblong hairy lvs.: fls. yellow, the rays twice longer than the involucral bracts. Sold in England, but apparently unknown in Amer.  
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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Several species are popular flowers for the garden, going back to antiquity. The name ''Inula''  was already used by the Romans.
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===Pests and diseases===
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== Selected species ==
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==Species==
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Selected species{{Wp}}
 
*''Inula acaulis'' Schott &  Kotschy  ex Tchihat. – Stemless Inula
 
*''Inula acaulis'' Schott &  Kotschy  ex Tchihat. – Stemless Inula
 
*''Inula acervata'' S.Moore
 
*''Inula acervata'' S.Moore
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*''Inula clarkei'' ( Hook.f.) R.R.Stewart
 
*''Inula clarkei'' ( Hook.f.) R.R.Stewart
 
*''Inula conyzae'' (Griess.) Meikle – Plougman's-spikenard
 
*''Inula conyzae'' (Griess.) Meikle – Plougman's-spikenard
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*''Inula crithmoides'' L. – [[Golden Samphire]] (syn. ''Limbarda crithmoides'' (L.) Dum.)
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*''Inula crithmoides'' L. – [[Golden samphire]] (syn. ''Limbarda crithmoides'' (L.) Dum.)
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[[Image:Koeh-192.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Ploughman's-spikenard (''Inula conyzae'')]]
 
 
*''Inula cuspidata''
 
*''Inula cuspidata''
 
*''Inula ensifolia'' L.
 
*''Inula ensifolia'' L.
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*''Inula nervosa''
 
*''Inula nervosa''
 
*''Inula obtusifolia'' A.Kern.
 
*''Inula obtusifolia'' A.Kern.
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[[Image:Inula helenium.jpg|thumb|right|225px|''Inula helenium'']]
 
 
*''Inula oculus-christi'' L.
 
*''Inula oculus-christi'' L.
 
*''Inula orientalis'' Lam.  
 
*''Inula orientalis'' Lam.  
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''Inula'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including the following case-bearers of the genus ''[[Coleophora]]''; ''C. conyzae'' (recorded on ''I. conyzae''), ''C. follicularis'', ''C. inulae'' and ''C. troglodytella''.
 
''Inula'' species are used as food plants by the [[larva]]e of some [[Lepidoptera]] species including the following case-bearers of the genus ''[[Coleophora]]''; ''C. conyzae'' (recorded on ''I. conyzae''), ''C. follicularis'', ''C. inulae'' and ''C. troglodytella''.
  
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== References ==
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===Selection of species not anymore belonging to genus ''Inula''===
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*[http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Inula&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK=species Flora Europaea: ''Inula'']
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* ''Inula dysenterica'' L. => ''[[Pulicaria dysenterica]]'' (L.) Bernh.
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*[http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=3&start_taxon_id=116442 Flora of China: list of Chinese ''Inula'' species]
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* ''Inula graminifolia'' Michx. => ''[[Pityopsis graminifolia]]'' (Michx.) Nutt.  
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*{{cite journal | quotes=no|author=Anderberg, A.|year= 1991|title= Taxonomy and phylogeny of tribe Inuleae (Asteraceae)|journal= Pl. Syst. Evol.|volume= 176|pages= 75-123}}
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* ''Inula graveolens'' (L.) Desf. => ''[[Dittrichia graveolens]]'' (L.) Greuter – Stinkwort, Stinkweed
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*{{cite journal | quotes=no|author = Rubina Abid and M. Qaiser|year = 2003|title = Chemotoxonomic study of ''Inula'' L. (s.str.) and its allied genera (Inuleae - Compositae) from Pakistan and Kashmir|journal = Pak. J. Bot.|volume=35|issue=2|pages = 127-140}}
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* ''Inula indica'' L. => ''[[Pentanema indicum]]'' (L.) Y.Ling
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{{Commonscat|Inula}}
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* ''Inula mariana'' L. => ''[[Chrysopsis mariana]]'' (L.) Elliott
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* ''Inula primulifolia'' Lam. => ''[[Conyza primulifolia]]'' (Lam.) Cuatrec. & Lourteig
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* ''Inula subaxillaris'' Lam. => ''[[Heterotheca subaxillaris]]'' (Lam.) Britton & Rusby 
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* ''Inula viscosa'' => ''[[Dittrichia viscosa]]'' – Stinkwort, False yellowhead, Woody Fleabane
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==Gallery==
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<gallery>
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Image:Koeh-192.jpg|Ploughman's-spikenard (''Inula conyzae'')
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Image:Inula helenium.jpg|''Inula helenium''
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Image:Upload.png| photo 1
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Image:Upload.png| photo 2
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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==External links==
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Read about Inula in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Inula (ancient name). Compositae. Hardy herbaceous plants of the easiest culture and of rather coarse habit, with heads of yellow or orange, each 2 to 4 inches across, borne in summer.

Herbs, usually perennial, glandular, hairy : lvs. radical or alternate, entire or serrate: heads large, medium or small, solitary, corymbose, panicled or crowded at the crown; fls. tubular and ray, the rays yellow, rarely white; disk-fls. perfect, their tubular corollas 5-toothed: achenes 4-5-ribbed. — A genus of about 56 species, found in Eu., Asia and Afr. None of its near allies is cult.

There is such a great abundance of autumn-flowering yellow composites in the hardy border that only those inulas that bloom in early summer are particularly desirable. Elecampane, I. helenium, is probably also cultivated for medicine. A preparation of the mucilaginous roots is common in drugstores. Inula flowers have as many as forty linear rays. The plants like a sunny position, grow vigorously in any garden soil, and are propagated by division or seed.

I. oculus-christi. Linn. Two ft.; an erect, somewhat branched, woolly perennial with oblong hairy lvs.: fls. yellow, the rays twice longer than the involucral bracts. Sold in England, but apparently unknown in Amer.


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Species

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  • Inula acaulis Schott & Kotschy ex Tchihat. – Stemless Inula
  • Inula acervata S.Moore
  • Inula acinacifolia Gand.
  • Inula acuminata DC.
  • Inula anatolica Boiss.
  • Inula auriculata Boiss. & Balansa
  • Inula bifrons (L.) L.
  • Inula britannica L. – British Yellowhead
  • Inula candida (L.) Cass.
  • Inula cappa (Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don) DC.
  • Inula caspica Blume
  • Inula clarkei ( Hook.f.) R.R.Stewart
  • Inula conyzae (Griess.) Meikle – Plougman's-spikenard
  • Inula crithmoides L. – Golden samphire (syn. Limbarda crithmoides (L.) Dum.)
  • Inula cuspidata
  • Inula ensifolia L.
  • Inula eupatorioides DC.
  • Inula falconeri Hook.f.
  • Inula forrestii
  • Inula germanica L.
  • Inula grandis Schrenk ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey.
  • Inula helenioides DC.
  • Inula helenium L. – Elecampane
  • Inula helianthus-aquatica
  • Inula helvetica Weber
  • Inula hirta L.
  • Inula hookeri C. B. Clarke
  • Inula hupehensis
  • Inula japonica
  • Inula koelzii R.Dawar & Qaiser
  • Inula lineariifolia Turcz.
  • Inula montana L.
  • Inula multicaulis Boiss.
  • Inula nervosa
  • Inula obtusifolia A.Kern.
  • Inula oculus-christi L.
  • Inula orientalis Lam.
  • Inula pterocaula
  • Inula racemosa Hook.f.
  • Inula rhizocephala Schrenk ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey.
  • Inula rhizocephaloides
  • Inula royleana DC. (synonym of Inula racemosa Hook.f.)
  • Inula rubricaulis
  • Inula salicina L. – Irish Fleabane, Willowleaf Yellowhead
  • Inula salsoloides
  • Inula sericophylla
  • Inula spiraeifolia L.
  • Inula stewartii Abid & Qaiser
  • Inula subfloccosa Rech.f.
  • Inula thapsoides Spreng.
  • Inula verbascifolia (Willd.) Hausskn.
  • Inula wissmanniana

Inula species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the following case-bearers of the genus Coleophora; C. conyzae (recorded on I. conyzae), C. follicularis, C. inulae and C. troglodytella.

Selection of species not anymore belonging to genus Inula

Gallery

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  • Ploughman's-spikenard (Inula conyzae)

  • Inula helenium

  • photo 1

  • photo 2

References

External links


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