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Plants 10–40(–75) cm. Leaves: basal blades lanceolate, (3–)6–7 cm × 8–20(–30+) mm; cauline blades lance-elliptic to lance-linear, 2–5+ cm × 5–12(–20+) mm, bases ± cordate, clasping, margins entire or serrulate (abaxial faces usually villous, adaxial sparsely strigillose to glabrate). Involucres 7–9(–15) mm diam. Outer phyllaries lance-linear, 4–6 × 0.5–0.8 mm (bases sericeous); inner phyllaries similar, more scarious. Ray florets 40–70+; corolla laminae 10–15+ mm. Disc corollas 4–6 mm. Cypselae 1–1.5 mm, puberulent or glabrate; pappi of 15–25 distinct or basally connate bristles 4–6 mm. 2n = 32.
Phenology: Flowering mid–late summer.
Habitat: Roadsides, waste places
Distribution
Ont., Que., N.Y., Europe.
Discussion
Inula brittanica is probably an occasional escape from garden trash and not truly established in the flora.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.