Elecampane

For Inula helenium Asso, see Pentanema helenioides. For Inula helenium Hook.f. & Thomson, see Inula racemosa.

Elecampane
Elecampane (Inula helenium) flower, photographed in Ottawa, Ontario in 2019
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Inula
Species:
I. helenium
Binomial name
Inula helenium
Synonyms[1]
  • Aster helenium (L.) Scop.
  • Aster officinalis All.
  • Corvisartia helenium (L.) Mérat
  • Helenium grandiflorum Gilib.
  • Inula orgyalis Boiss.

Elecampane (Inula helenium), pronounced /ˌɛlɪkæmˈpeɪn/[2] and also called horse-heal or elfdock, is a widespread plant species in the sunflower family Asteraceae. It is native to Eurasia from Spain to Xinjiang province in western China, and naturalized in parts of North America.[3][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ "Inula helenium L. — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org.
  2. ^ Oxford English Dictionary (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. September 2005.
  3. ^ B.-E. van Wyk and M. Wink. (2004). Medicinal Plants of the World, p. 181, Singapore: Times Editions.
  4. ^ Altervista Flora Italiana, Inula helenium L. includes photos and European distribution map
  5. ^ "Inula helenium in Flora of North America @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.
  6. ^ "Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map".
  7. ^ "Inula helenium in Flora of China @ efloras.org". www.efloras.org.