Family: Asteraceae Ploughman's Spikenard Inula conyzae Flowering time: July - September. Biennial or perennial Grows on dry calcareous soils in 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