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Inula hirta

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Common name

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Scientific name

Inula hirta L.

Conservation status and threats

NOT protected species in Bulgaria.

Description and identification

Inula hirta is a herbaceous perennial plant.

Leaves with prominent reticulate venation on both surfaces, hirsute, entire or denticulate, the lower 4-8 x 1-2 cm, obovate- or oblanceolate-oblong, the upper sessile, not or slightly amplexicaul.

Capitula medium to large; involucre 10-13 mm, hemispherical; bracts hirsute, the outer 10-12 x 1-2-2 mm, lanceolate, the inner 10-12 x 0-7-1 mm, linear.

Ligules 15-30 mm, much exceeding the involucre.

Achenes c. 2 mm, glabrous.

Pappus with c. 30 setae¹.

Flowering July-September.

Habitat

Shrubs, sparse forests, forest glades and forest edges, in grassy and rocky places, in the plains and mountains².

Distribution in Bulgaria

Throughout the country from sea level to 1500 meters above sea level³.

General distribution

Map of general distribution⁴:

References

1 P. W. Ball and T. G. Tutin. 1976. Inula L. – In: Tutin, T. G. & al. (eds), Flora Europaea. Vol. 4. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge.

2 Кузманов, Б. 2012. В: Флора на Република България. Том XI. Изд. на БАН, София.

3 Кузманов, Б. 2012. В: Флора на Република България. Том XI. Изд. на БАН, София.

4 Pentanema hirtum (L.) D.Gut.Larr., Santos-Vicente, Anderb., E.Rico & M.M.Mart.Ort | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science - посетен на 31 януари 2025 г.

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