Asteraceae

Inula L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 881 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Eurasia to Indo-China, Tropical & S. Africa, Madagascar.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Annual to biennial or perennial leafy herbs or (not in Iraq) shrubs
Morphology Leaves
Leaves  simple, alternate, entire, dentate or serrate, glabrous or canescent or viscid-glandular
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence varying from a single terminal capitulum to corymbose or racemose, capitula ranging in size from small to very large, heterogamous and radiate or sometimes homogamous and discoid; phyllaries multiseriate, herbaceous or cartilaginous, inner sometimes scarious
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Receptacle
Receptacle naked
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Outer florets female, rayed, 2–3-dentate, occasionally truncate, sometimes absent
Disc
Disc-florets bisexual, equally 5-lobed, fertile
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corollas yellow; style arms subulate, tips rounded, not conspicuously hairy
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes small, brown, cylindrical or angular, ± pilose; pappus uniseriate, barbellate, mostly free.
Distribution
About 100 species in Europe, Asia and Africa; 6 species in Iraq.
Etymology
Inula (from the name of a plant in Pliny, perhaps I. helenium).
[FIQ]

Compositae, H. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D.J.N. Hind. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2005

Morphology General Habit
Annual or perennial herbs, occasionally shrubby
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate, simple, generally sessile, often in a basal rosette
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Capitulum
Capitula homo- or heterogamous, disciform or radiate, solitary or few together in corymbose cymes; phyllaries chartaceous, in several rows; receptacle epaleate, sometimes glandular between the areolae
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Ray florets present, female, 2–3-dentate at apex, or absent, and then 4-lobed female discflorets present (at least in East African material); disc florets hermaphrodite, 5-lobed, anthers sagittate with long tails, style branches linear and obtuse
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Achenes cylindric, ribbed; pappus of barbellate bristles, in our species 1-seriate.
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Sources

  • 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

  • Flora of Tropical East Africa

    • Flora of Tropical East Africa
    • 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.

  • 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