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Family: Asteraceae
Inula conyzae * Ploughman's Spikenard Flowering time: July - September. Biennial or perennial Habitat: Dry calcareous soils; rough grassland, dunes, roadsides and scrub. An erect, downy plant with many terminal clusters of tubular yellowish flowerheads with green outer bracts. Ray-florets are very short or absent. Basal rosette of lower leaves similar to those of Foxglove. Slightly aromatic. Height 30-90cm |
Ploughmans Spikenard, Inula conyzae
The Purbecks, Dorset. August 2008 and October 2014