Inula rhizocephala Schrenk

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Inula

Characteristics

Perennials or biennials. Plants acaulescent. Leaves numerous, all radical, arranged in rosette, (5-)8-25(-35) cm in diam.; blade oblong or oblong-ovate, (2.5-)4-16 cm (together with petiole), (2-)2.5-3.5 cm wide, longer than synflorescence, both surfaces sparsely covered, but densely along prominent midvein abaxially, with long white multicellular appressed and sparse fine glandular hairs, base narrowed into winged petiole 2-3.5 cm, margin indistinctly and widely sinuate-dentate and densely ciliate, apex obtuse. Capitula numerous (8-20), 1.5-3 cm in diam., sessile or on densely pubescent peduncles 2-3 cm, arranged in dense semispherical sessile subcapitate synflorescences. Involucre 1.2-2 cm in diam., polyphyllous, multiseriate; phyllaries acute, violet and shortly ciliate distally, outer ones lanceolate-linear, 7-9 × 1-1.1 mm, unbent above, covered with hairs, inner ones linear or narrowly linear, ca. 1.2 cm × 0.8-1 mm, membranous, straight, finely glandular-pubescent. Ray florets yellow, ca. 1.5 cm, slightly longer than phyllaries, smooth; tube small, ca. 7 mm, almost 1/2 as long as pappus; lamina linear, as long as small tube, shortly tridentate. Disk florets yellow, ca. 9 mm, slightly shorter than pappus, with 5 smooth teeth. Achenes brown, terete, 1.5-2 × ca. 0.3 mm, longitudinally finely ribbed, covered with appressed short fox-red hairs or glabrous. Pappus 6-7 × as long as achene, with numerous bristles. Fl. Jun-Aug. 2n = 16.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.15
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-9

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 16 - 19
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Images

Habit

Inula rhizocephala habit picture by Lennaert Steen (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Inula rhizocephala leaf picture by Lennaert Steen (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Inula rhizocephala world distribution map, present in Afghanistan, China, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:226073-1
WFO ID wfo-0000135411
COL ID 6N7G7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Inula haussknechtiana Helenium rhizocephalum Conyza rhizocephala Inula rhizocephala Inula rhizocephala var. rhizocephala Inula rhizocephala var. intermedia