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Plants 20–80+ cm. Leaves: basal blades lanceolate, 2–6 cm × 5–15(–30) mm; cauline blades broadly elliptic to lanceolate, (3–)5–7+ cm × 12–20 mm, bases cordate, clasping (faces usually glabrous, adaxial venation raised, reticulation prominent). Involucres 8–12(–20) mm diam. Outer phyllaries lance-linear, 5–7 × 1.5–2.5 mm; inner similar, more scarious. Ray florets 35–70; corolla laminae 10–15+ mm. Disc corollas 5–7+ mm. Cypselae 1.5–2 mm, glabrous; pappi of 30–40+, distinct or basally connate, barbellate bristles 7–8 mm. 2n = 16.
Phenology: Flowering mid–late summer.
Habitat: Roadsides, waste places
Distribution
Mass., N.Y., Europe.
Discussion
Inula salicina is probably an occasional escape from garden trash and not truly established in the flora.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.