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Photographer: Stephen L. Solheim
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Family Asteraceae
Inula helenium L.
elecampane
Inula: ancient Latin name
helenium: said to be named by Linnaeus after Helen of Troy, according to the legend that these flowers sprang up from the ground where her tears were supposed to have fallen
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| Status: | Introduced - escaped |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 3'-6' tall, very woolly forb |
| Flower: | head 2 1/2" - 3 3/4" wide with many narrow, yellow rays and a yellow disk; inflorescence with a few stalked heads; blooms June-Aug. |
| Fruit: | dry seed on fluffy pappus |
| Leaf: | very broad, irregular toothed, very woolly below, lower leaves long stalked, upper becoming clasping |
| Habitat: | moist, wet; disturbed sites, woods, forests |
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