Inula paniculata (Klatt) Burtt Davy

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Inula

Characteristics

Sturdy biennial or perennial rosette herb, the solitary flowering stem 0.6–2.4 m high, woody at base, unbranched except for the inflorescence; stem pubescent and scabrid.. Leaves of two kinds: radical leaves petiolate, the petiole 5–10 cm long, the blade elliptic or oblanceolate, 30–60 cm long, 7–12.5 cm wide, base cuneate and decurrent, margins coarsely and irregularly dentate, apex acute, scabrid above with tubercle-based hairs, pubescent to tomentose beneath; cauline leaves smaller and diminishing in size upwards, the proximal sessile, the more distal with cordate, auriculate and semi-amplexicaul base, otherwise similar to radical leaves, 2–32 cm long, 1–19 cm wide.. Capitula 5–9 mm long, heterogamous, in fairly dense terminal corymbs arranged in their turn in large leafy corymbs or panicles; stalks of individual capitula 1–3 mm long; phyllaries linear-lanceolate, 2–5(–8) mm long, acute, the outer pubescent, the inner ciliate.. Florets yellow; outer florets few, tube filiform, 3–3.6 mm long and distally glandular, lobes 0.2–0.4 mm long and glandular, style 3.2–4.2 mm long; inner florets many, tube narrowly infundibuliform with a slightly widened base, 3.3–4.2 mm long, lobes 0.4–0.5 mm long and glandular, anthers 1.7–1.8 mm long, style 4–5 mm long.. Achenes cylindric, 1.2–2 mm long, sparsely pilose; pappus 2.5–4 mm long.
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Sturdy biennial or perennial rosette herb, the solitary flowering stem 0.6-2.4 m high, woody at base, unbranched except for the inflorescence; stem pubescent and scabrid. Leaves of two kinds: radical leaves petiolate, the petiole 5-10 cm long, the blade elliptic or oblanceolate, 30-60 cm long, 7-12.5 cm wide, base cuneate and decurrent, margins coarsely and irregularly dentate, apex acute, scabrid above with tubercle-based hairs, pubescent to tomentose beneath; cauline leaves smaller and diminishing in size upwards, the proximal sessile, the more distal with cordate, auriculate and semi-amplexicaul base, otherwise similar to radical leaves, 2-32 cm long, 1-19 cm wide. Capitula 5-9 mm long, heterogamous, in fairly dense terminal corymbs arranged in their turn in large leafy corymbs or panicles; stalks of individual capitula 1-3 mm long; phyllaries linear-lanceolate, 2-5(-8) mm long, acute, the outer pubescent, the inner ciliate. Florets yellow; outer florets few, tube filiform, 3-3.6 mm long and distally glandular, lobes 0.2-0.4 mm long and glandular, style 3.2-4.2 mm long; inner florets many, tube narrowly infundibuliform with a slightly widened base, 3.3-4.2 mm long, lobes 0.4-0.5 mm long and glandular, anthers 1.7-1.8 mm long, style 4-5 mm long. Achenes cylindric, 1.2-2 mm long, sparsely pilose; pappus 2.5-4 mm long.
Herb, up to 1.5 m high, thickly glandular with brown hairs. Basal leaves elliptic, unequally auriculate, dentate; becoming smaller upwards, sessile, lanceolate. Flowers yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 1.5
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Distribution

Inula paniculata world distribution map, present in Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, South Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:226028-1
WFO ID wfo-0000068893
COL ID 3PT9N
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Monactinocephalus paniculatus Inula macrophylla Inula decipiens Inula subscaposa Helenium macrophylla Duhaldea macrophylla Inula paniculata Inula bequaertii Inulaster macrophyllus