Asteraceae
Inula

Inula inuloides (Fenzl) Grierson

First published in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 33: 250 (1974)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Türkiye to N. Iraq. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Descriptions

Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. & Hind, D. J. N. (Eds). (2019). Flora of Iraq, Volume 6: Compositae.Kew Publishing

Morphology General Habit
Robust perennial 0.5–1 m tall
Morphology Stem
Stem terete or ± angled above, striate, brownish, densely clothed with small sessile glands and with or without fine simple hairs, ± branched above with long, suberect branches
Morphology Leaves
Basal leaves petiolate, petiole 3–15 cm, sometimes longer than lamina; lamina 7–16 × 3–8 cm, elliptic or oblong, coriaceous, entire, finely reticulate- veined Lower cauline leaves very similar, upper gradually diminishing in size and length of petiole; all leaves with an indumentum similar to that of stem
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula solitary or 2 together, axillary in narrow racemes on stem and branches, subtended and often overtopped by bract-like leaves; involucre campanulate, 12–20 mm in diameter; phyllaries coriaceous, ciliate, abruptly contracted to a bluntly acuminate point which decreases in length inwards, inner less firm and 15–18 mm
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corollas yellowish, 8–9 mm, all tubular, hermaphrodite and fertile
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes cylindrical, 4-ridged, dull brown, 4–5 mm; pappus 6–8 mm, shortly plumose, creamy-white.
Ecology
Frequent in Pinus  or Quercus  forests, also on stony and rocky hill slopes an in an orchard, on clay or marl; alt. 800–1400 m;
Phenology
flowering & fruiting: (Jun.-)Jul.-Aug.
Distribution
Quite frequent in the forest zone of the NE mountain region of Iraq. Turkey (SE Anatolia).
[FIQ]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: low confidence
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora of Iraq

    • Ghazanfar, S. A., Edmondson, J. R. (Eds). (2013-2019). Flora of Iraq, Volumes 5.1, 5.2 and 6.0. Kew Publishing
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0