Inula salicina, L.

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 University Press : 134

4. I. salicina L. , Sp. Pl. 882 (1753).

Erect, glabrous or sparsely hairy perennial 25-75 cm. Leaves with prominent reticulate venation above, the lower 2-6(-10) x 0-5-3(-4-5) cm, linear-lanceolate to ovate, the upper sessile, cordate, amplexicaul. Capitula medium to large; involucre 8-12 mm, hemispherical; bracts glabrous but ciliate, the outer 5-7 x 2-2-5 mm, lanceolate with patent apex, the inner 7-11 x 1-2 mm, linear. Ligules 15-25 mm, much exceeding the involucre. Achenes 1 -5-2 mm, glabrous; pappus with 30-35 setae. Most ofEurope, but very rare in the islands and the extreme north. Al Au Be Bu Co Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Gr Hb He Ho Hs Hu It Ju Lu No Po Rm Rs (N, B, C, W, K, E) Sa Su Tu.