Inula

Inula is a <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> of about 80 <a href="/facts/Species/oDg6b96r">species</a> of <a href="/facts/Flowering_plant/E5eGYIvY">flowering plants</a> in the <a href="/facts/Family_(biology)/qTrn6E8E">family</a> <a href="/facts/Asteraceae/bouc6v8C">Asteraceae</a>, <a href="/facts/Native_plant/03kpM3rf">native</a> to Europe, Asia and Africa.
They may be <a href="/facts/Annual_plant/SkPv72DA">annuals</a>, <a href="/facts/Herbaceous_plant/u6myDhE2">herbaceous</a> <a href="/facts/Perennial_plant/MQ3NvAUW">perennials</a> or <a href="/facts/Subshrub/NRV9LAHv">subshrubs</a> that vary greatly in size, from small species a few centimeters tall to enormous perennials over 3 m (10 ft) tall. They carry yellow daisy-like <a href="/facts/Pseudanthium/ANBv3Iym">composite</a> flowerheads often with narrow ray-florets.
Some common characteristics include <a href="/facts/Pappus_(flower_structure)/yYHn5pkj">pappus</a> with bristles, flat <a href="/facts/Head_(botany)/ANBv3Iym">capitulum</a>, and lack of <a href="/facts/Chaff/ED4wb3yK">chaff</a>.
Several species are popular flowers for the garden, with cultivation going back to antiquity. The smaller species are used in rock gardens and the more common larger ones, which tend to have very coarse foliage, in borders.

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