The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 INULA HELENIUM L. Elecampane, inula, scabwort, yellow starwort. Com- positae.—An erect, rough, sunflower-like herb 3 to 6 feet tall, perennial; taproot large, long, yellow; stem produced the second and later years, stout, simple, pubescent; leaves the first year a ground rosette, thereafter on the stems, ovate, pointed, clasping the stem, up to 12 inches long, white-woolly beneath; flower heads yellow, 2 to 4 inches wide, terminal, on stout, hairy peduncles. The root collected in the fall of the second year. Introduced and escaped
The drug plants of Illinois drugplantsofilli44teho Year: 1951 INULA HELENIUM L. Elecampane, inula, scabwort, yellow starwort. Com- positae.—An erect, rough, sunflower-like herb 3 to 6 feet tall, perennial; taproot large, long, yellow; stem produced the second and later years, stout, simple, pubescent; leaves the first year a ground rosette, thereafter on the stems, ovate, pointed, clasping the stem, up to 12 inches long, white-woolly beneath; flower heads yellow, 2 to 4 inches wide, terminal, on stout, hairy peduncles. The root collected in the fall of the second year. Introduced and escaped as a weed throughout the state. Contains inulin, helenin, a volatile oil, and alantol. Used as a stimulant and tonic.
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