Elecampane
Species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For Inula helenium Asso, see Pentanema helenioides. For Inula helenium Hook.f. & Thomson, see Inula racemosa.
Elecampane (Inula helenium), pronounced /ˌɛlɪkæmˈpeɪn/[2] and also called horse-heal or elfdock, is a widespread plant species in the sunflower family Asteraceae. It is native to Eurasia from Spain to Xinjiang province in western China, and naturalized in parts of North America.[3][4][5][6][7]
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Elecampane | |
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Elecampane (Inula helenium) flower, photographed in Ottawa, Ontario in 2019 | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Inula |
Species: | I. helenium |
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Inula helenium | |
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