Inula ensifolia, L.

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7. I. ensifolia L. , Sp. Pl. 883 (1753).

Erect, glabrous or floccosetomentose perennial 10-60 cm. Leaves glabrous except for the ciliate margin, with 3—7(—13) prominent parallel veins, entire,the lower 3-5-9 x 0-2- - cm, linear-lanceolate or lanceolate, the upper sessile, not or slightly amplexicaul. Capitula medium to large; involucre 10-13 mm, hemispherical; bracts sericeous-lanate at base, the outer 8-10 x 1 - 3-3-5 mm, triangular-ovate with patent apex, the inner 8-10 x 1-1-5 mm, linear-lanceolate. Ligules 15-22 mm, much exceedingtheinvolucre. Achenes c. 2 mm,glabrous or setulose near apex; pappus with c. 30 setae. 2л =16. E. & E. C. Europe, extending westwards to N. Italy, Gotland. Al AuBu Cz Gr Hu It Ju Po Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) SuTu Tu

I. serpentinica Rech. fil. & Goulimy , Anzeig. Akad. Wiss. (Wien) 94: 26 (1957), from W. Makedhonia, islike 7 buthas leaves with 7-12 prominentveins, adenser andlongerindumentum in all parts, and never morethanone capitulum on astem. It is probably bestregardedas asubspeciesof 7.