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{{Treatment/ID
|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-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Perennials </b>[annuals], 20–200 cm. <b>Leaves</b> basal (usually withering before flowering) and cauline; petiolate (proximal) or sessile (distal); blade margins usually serrate to dentate, sometimes entire. <b>Heads</b> radiate [disciform, discoid], borne singly or in open, corymbiform arrays. <b>Involucres</b> hemispheric or campanulate, [5–]10–40 mm diam. <b>Phyllaries</b> persistent, in 4–7+ series. <b>Receptacles</b> flat or convex, smooth or alveolate, epaleate. <b>Ray</b> florets (15–)50–150+, pistillate, fertile; corollas yellow [orange], laminae 10–30+ mm. <b>Disc</b> florets mostly (50–)100–250+; corollas yellow, lobes 5. <b>Cypselae</b> ± columnar (subterete) or prismatic (± 4–5-ribbed or -angled); pappi persistent, of basally connate, barbellate bristles or setiform scales in 1 series. <b>x</b> = 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, <i>Inula</i> was circumscribed more broadly.</p>
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|references=
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==Key==
<div class="treatment-key-group">
  
{| 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]]
|}
</div></div><!--

-->{{#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
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