General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 8 feet
Plant Spread: 2 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Broadleaf
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Summer
Uses: Culinary Herb
Medicinal Herb
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Bees

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Common names
  • Elecampagne
  • Alant
  • Elfwort
  • Elf Dock
  • Scabwort
  • Wild Sunflower
  • Elecampane

Photo Gallery
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-06-02
Inula helenium Elecampane 001
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2014-04-04
Emerging in spring
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Comments:
  • Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Nov 23, 2013 11:14 PM concerning plant:
    Pay close attention to the cultivar name - this is really a large plant.

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