Hooker's Inula

Inula hookeri Asteraceae

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Himalaya

Location

Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Digging Dog Nursery

Description

Perennial herb or subshurb to 60cm; stem simple or sparingly branched, usually pilose above. Leaves to 13—4cm, oblong-lanceolate, acute, minutely toothed, hairy, lower subpetiolate, upper sessile. Capitula radiate, solitary or 2-3; involucre hemispheric to c4cm diameter; phyllaries to ca. 2.5cm, subulate, recurved, pilose; ray florets ca. 2.5cm. Fruit 2-3mm, glabrous.

USDA Hardiness Zone

6