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Inula sp. |
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| | Flowers open in late June |
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| | Buds in mid-June |
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| Common name |
elecampane |
| Family |
asteraceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial (Z5-8) |
| Flowers |
yellow (late spring-summer) |
| Size |
12-18" |
| Light |
sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
ordinary garden soil (not too dry) |
Yellow ray flowers with frilly petals, held upward-facing just at the top of the leafy stems. The large leaves are light green with prominent veins. Likes moist soil. The photo here shows how seedlings have grown to a substantial size by early July.
I grew these plants from seed labeled 'Cremanthodium arnicoides', but a friendly reader pointed out that my photos didn't look like Cremanthodium. So for now, I'm going with Inula, although I haven't tried to identify my plants to the species level yet.
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| | Second-year plant dug up in late April, with top growth barely emerging. But look at that root system! |
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| | Seed heads developing in early August |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Hjalmar Rosengren | Sep 15, 2015 | Surely, the pictures don't show a Cremanthodium. Looks to me like an Inula.
Thanks. I have to agree, after just a little research, so I have renamed my page. |
- Seed from NARGS '13/'14 exchange. Baggy 70F (15d; 4%G, 15d) - 70F with light (26%G, 7d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 35F (3w) - 70F (88%G, 4-7d)
The brief cold period in 2015 apparently helped.
According to Plant World Seeds, germination is improved by a cold spell.
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