Inula hookeri

Inula hookeri, Hooker's inula or Hooker's fleabane,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the sunflower and daisy family Asteraceae. It is a native of the Himalayas (Bhutan and Nepal), India (Sikkim), Myanmar and China (SE Xizang, NW Yunnan), where it grows in a variety of open habitats at 2,400–3,600 m (7,900–11,800 ft).[2]

Inula hookeri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Inula
Species:
I. hookeri
Binomial name
Inula hookeri

The specific epithet hookeri commemorates the plant hunter Sir Joseph Hooker, who brought it back from the Himalayas to Britain in 1849.[3]

Description

This herbaceous perennial is a tall stemmed plant growing to 75 cm (30 in), with 2 or 3 flower heads per plant. The flowers, which may be up to 8 cm (3.1 in) in diameter, appear in late summer and autumn. Each inflorescence comprises a disc of many needle-like yellow ray florets surrounding a raised central boss of deeper yellow disc florets.[4]

References
  1. "Inula hookeri". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
  2. "Inula hookeri". Flora of China – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  3. "Inula hookeri: Plant of the Month; January". Birmingham Botanical Gardens (United Kingdom). Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  4. "Inula hookeri". RHS. Retrieved 7 September 2021.


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