Inula britannica, 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 : 135

8. I. britannica L. , Sp. Pl. 882 (1753).

Erect, pubescent biennial 15-75 cm. Leaves sparsely pubescent above, densely pubescent beneath, rarely almost sericeous, entire or serrulate, the lower 4-15 x (0-5-)l-2-5(-4) cm, elliptical or ovate-elliptical, the upper sessile and slightly amplexicaul. Capitula medium to large; involucre 7-9 mm, hemispherical; bracts sericeous at the base, the outer 7-12 x 0-5-0- 8 mm, linear-lanceolate,patent or deflexed, the inner 5-8 xO-4-O-6 mm, linear-lanceolate. Ligules 15-25 mm, much exceeding the involucre. Achenes 1-1 - 5 mm, hairy or subglabrous; pappus with 15-25 setae.2« = 32. Europe except the islands and much of the north and west. AlAu BeBu Cz Da Ga Ge Gr He Ho Hs HuItJu NoPoRmRs (N, N, C, W, K, E) Su Tu [Fe].