Common name:
Ploughman's-spikenard
Family:
Scientific name:
Inula conyza
Main flower color:
Range:
Wales and south/central England
Height:
Up to 80 cm
Habitat:
Dry, grassy, calcareous locations
Flowers:
Many small flowerheads, 1 cm in diameter, in dense clusters attached by stout, hairy pedicels. Flowerheads have dark yellow disc florets, tightly packed, and a cylindrical involucre lined by several rows of reddish-green phyllaries; those towards the base are spreading. Very short ray florets may also be present
Leaves:
Oval basal leaves, stalked, with deeply incised veins and shallow edge teeth; narrow, stalkless stem leaves. Leaves may have a sparse hair covering
Season:
July to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
