Genus: Inula
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Euasterid II > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Inuleae
About 100 species, native to Europe, Africa and Asia with
two species native to
southern Africa and three species cultivated.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
Inula cuspidata
Native to India.
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Inula helenium (Elecampane)
Native to central Asia.
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Inula orientalis
Native to Turkey and the Caucasus.
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