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Inula helenium L.

Flora Europaea the Linnean original specimens perennial, H, 2n=20, diploid mesic to mesoxeric, a tall forb ruderal invader western Palearctic, considered as wild in Europe only in Sardegne, Bulgaria, former Yugoslavia and Romania (which is certainly not true for our country) Lamio-Chenopodietalia, Arction, Senecion fluviatilis, Alno-Padion, Alnion incanae R87 habitats, especially along the verges of the roads, rarer in pastures.     'Elecampane' is a plant seemingly from the tall forbs mountainous vegetation of Central Asia, widely cultivated as a medicinal plant across Europe from the ancient times up to the XIXth century. As Aristolochia clematitis starting with the industrial production of drugs, the cultivation of this plant stopped and it remained as a sporadical ruderal invader. See about this here . In Transylvania it is very common, i.e. in the western part of the Tarnave Tableland and in the southern part of Cluj hills. In most of the national territory it is rare and disparent. Bontida-Visea, Cluj county, 31st of July 2006 dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com Odverem-Beta, Alba county, 13th of July 2007 dr. Alexandru Badarau, alexandru@transsilvanica.com