Family: Asteraceae Inula conyza     *     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 conyza
The Purbecks, Dorset. August 2008 and October 2014