Inula britannica L.

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

Determined according to the botanical key provided in Flora Europaea Vol. 4 (Tutin et al., 1976).

Lifeform: Perrenial; hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Europe to Russian Far East, Japan, China and Himalaya according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (accepted as Pentanema britannica (L.) D.Gut.Larr., Santos-Vicente, Anderb., E.Rico & M.M.Mart.Ort.).

Habitat:  Clearings and edges of forests.

Flowering period: Late summer: AUG, SEP.

Inula britannica – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, between villages of Shtalkovica and Tursko Rudari, 20.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula britannica – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, between villages of Shtalkovica and Tursko Rudari, 20.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula britannica – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, between villages of Shtalkovica and Tursko Rudari, 20.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula britannica – habit. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, between villages of Shtalkovica and Tursko Rudari, 20.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula britannica – flowering stems with capitula. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, between villages of Shtalkovica and Tursko Rudari, 20.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula britannica – flowering stems with capitula. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, between villages of Shtalkovica and Tursko Rudari, 20.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula britannica – capitula. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, between villages of Shtalkovica and Tursko Rudari, 20.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula britannica – capitula. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, between villages of Shtalkovica and Tursko Rudari, 20.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula britannica – capitulum. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, between villages of Shtalkovica and Tursko Rudari, 20.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula britannica – involucrum. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, between villages of Shtalkovica and Tursko Rudari, 20.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula britannica – involucrum. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, between villages of Shtalkovica and Tursko Rudari, 20.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula britannica – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, between villages of Shtalkovica and Tursko Rudari, 20.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula britannica – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, between villages of Shtalkovica and Tursko Rudari, 20.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula britannica – stem with lower cauline leaves. Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, between villages of Shtalkovica and Tursko Rudari, 20.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Inula britannica – achenes. Scale in mm.Osogovo, “Shtalkovichka” River, between villages of Shtalkovica and Tursko Rudari, 20.08.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Pentanema britannica (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:77178407-1 [Accessed 04.10.2022].

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.

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