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Indian Elecampane
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Indian Elecampane
ative elliptic Photo: Akhtar Malik
Common name: Indian Elecampane • Hindi: Pohakarmul, पुष्कर मूल Puskarmul • Ladakhi: མནུ་ Manu • Kannada: Rasnabheda • Malayalam: Puskaramulam, Puskkaramulam • Marathi: Pushakar • Sanskrit: Kasmira, Kusthabheda, Padmapatra, पौष्कर Pauskara • Tamil: Puskkaramulam • Telugu: Puskaramul
Botanical name: Inula racemosa    Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower family)
Synonyms: Inula royleana, Inula helenium, Helenium racemosum

Indian Elecampane is a tall stout herb up to 1.75 m tall, with large short-stalked flower-heads, 4-8 cm across, borne in a spike-like cluster, at branch ends. Ray florets are slender, up to 2.5 cm long. Lower leaves are elliptic-lanceshaped, 18-45 cm long, narrowed to a winged stalk. Upper leaves are lanceshaped, half stem-clasping. Indian Elecampane is found in the Himalayas, from Afghanistan to C. Nepal, at altitudes of 2000-3200 m. Flowering: July-September.

Identification credit: Gurcharan Singh, Akhtar Malik Photographed in Kashmir.

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