Inula hookeri 6Oct23 NS6458 PW
Inula hookeri 6Oct23 NS6458 PW
The leaves are lanceolate, hairy and on the upper leaves are sessile and the lower ones may have short petioles.
Inula hookeri 6Oct23 NS6458 PW
Close-up of the edge of the leaf showing the minute glandular teeth.
Inula hookeri 6Oct23 NS6458 PW
The phyllaries at the back of the flower radite back and are thin, awl-like with long spreading hairs.
Inula hookeri 6Oct23 NS6458 PW
The lower-side of the leaf is minutely hairy and has a prominent central midrib.
Inula hookeri - Hooker's Fleabane
This is sometimes found as a garden escape. The leaves are hairy with tiny glandular teeth on the edge of the stem leaves. The arrangement of phyllaries behind the flower is distinctive.
There are other Fleabanes.