Species Inula leptoclada
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Inula leptoclada.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Inula:
Gk. inaein = to clean (e.g. wounds); inula, an ancient name associated with the plant elecampane (now called Inula helenium). Inulin, a carbohydrate fibre, can be extracted from the rhizomatous roots of these plants, which have debatable medicinal value. Pliny the Elder wrote that I. viscosa strengthened teeth and healed wounds and stomach upsets.
Etymology of leptoclada:
From the Greek leptos = "thin / slender" and clados = "branch/shoot" - referring to thin branches
Scientific name:
Inula leptoclada Webb
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Niger Fl. 137 (1849)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1849
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Inula leptoclada.