Inula hirta L.

Posted byTrajche DimitrovskiPosted inCompositae, Plant families

Taxonomy: Fam. Compositae// Genus: Inula// Species: Inula hirta L.

Determined according to the botanical key provided by Ball and Tutin in Tutin et al. (1976) 

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to West Siberia and Caucasus according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Habitat:  Clearings and edges of oak and Europen beeh forests, grasslands, Pteridium aguilinium fields, from c. 800 up to 1400 m altitude.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.

Inula hirta – habit. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – habit. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – habit. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – habit. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – habit. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – capitulum. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – capitulum. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – capitulum. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – florets. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – florets. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – florets. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – involucral bracts. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – involucral bracts. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – involucral bracts. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – involucral bracts and peduncle. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – stems with leaves. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – stem with leaves. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, region between the “Ratkova Skala” massif and Visoka Chuka (Ponikva), 01.07.2023. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – capitula. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – capitula with involucral bracts. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – fruiting capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – involucre. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – stem with leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – adaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – stem and abaxial side of cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – abaxial side of leaf. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 05.06.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – capitulum. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula hirta – stems with leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 13.06.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Pentanema hirtum (L.) D.Gut.Larr., Santos-Vicente, Anderb., E.Rico & M.M.Mart.Ort. Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77178414-1 [Accessed 04.02.2022].

Ball, P.W. and Tutin, T.G. in Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1976). Flora Europaea. Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 133 -136.

Last update: 16.12.2023.