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Indian Elecampane

Inula racemosa

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 63, February 47, March 73, April 116, May 167, June 182, July 194, August 167, September 123, October 92, November 50, December 39.
United States1,385
Alaska1,313
Canada75
Ontario39
Quebec23
New York21
Netherlands16
Michigan13
United Kingdom10
England9

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Pollinator-associated plantDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with pollinators.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
FamilySunflowers, Daisies, Asters, and Allies · Asteraceae
GenusInula

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Indian Elecampane with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.