British elecampane identify in MI nurseries

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British elecampane - Inula britannica L.

Life cycle: Aggressive, invasive perennial.

Flowers and fruit: Numerous yellow, 0.75- to 1.5-inch-wide flower heads form on a single plant, each head looking like a small sunflower. The area just below each flower head is encircled by several small, green bracts. The seed is enclosed in a single-seeded, small, light brown, wind-disseminated fruit.

Stems: Erect stems with coarse, white hairs arise from a basal rosette to flower, up to 30 inches tall.

Leaves: Alternate, lance-shaped leaves initially develop from a basal rosette. Leaves have pointed tips, arrowhead- to earlobe-shaped bases and finely toothed margins. Leaf bases are stalkless to clasping the stem. The lower leaf surface is densely covered with coarse, white hairs; the upper surface is only slightly hairy.

Reproduction: Seeds and creeping roots.

British elecampane flower.


British elecampane flowering plant.	British elecampane stem.

British elecampane rosette.

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Updated: 10/12/07