6/23/2010

The Willow Inula

The willow Inula (Inula salicina) is a plant belonging to the composite family (Compositae or Asteraceae). It is a plant of calcareous soil: on woodland and open grassland. The plant is native to Eurasia and came to the Netherlands in 1959 in South Limburg and Gelderland in the. In Belgium, the plant is very rare. She is on the Dutch Red List of plants from the Netherlands disappeared.


The plant is 30-60 cm high and has a non tuberous rhizome. The stem is mostly bald. The stiff, amplexicaul, lanceolate stem leaves are shiny, bald or from below and along the edge short hairs. The net-like veins on the top of the page jump.


The willow Inula flower from June to August with bright yellow flowers and yellow ribbon edge florets, which together form a 2.5 to 4 cm large head. The elongated omwindselbladen to the edge and have a hairy back beaten top.


The fruit is a nearly bare nut. The fruit fluff consists of 30-35 hairs.




Source: http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilgalant

See also: Sending Flowers, Online Florist

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