Hooker's Inula
Inula hookeri
Asteraceae
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Himalaya
Location
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