Inula helenium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Inula helenium L., Sp. Pl.: 881 (1753).

Homotypic
- Aster helenium (L.) Scop., Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 171 (1771).
- Aster officinalis All., Fl. Pedem. 1: 195 (1785), nom. superfl.
- Corvisartia helenium (L.) Mérat, Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 261 (1812).
- Helenium grandiflorum Gilib., Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 204 (1782), Opus utique rej.

Inula helenium Asso, Syn. Stirp. Aragon.: 122 (1779), sensu auct. = Pentanema helenioides (DC.) D.Gut.Larr., Santos-Vicente, Anderb., E.Rico & M.M.Mart.Ort., Taxon 67: 159 (2018).
Inula helenium Hook. fil. & Thoms.in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 3: 292 (1881), not validly publ. = Inula racemosa Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 3: 292 (1881).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Krym, South European Russi, Ukraine, Yugoslavia.
Continental: Asia-Temoerate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Altay, West Siberia .
- Regional: Southwestern Asia
  - Iran, Iraq, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Turkey.
- Regional: Central Asia
  - Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang.
- Introduced into:
  - Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, California, Central European Rus, Connecticut, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ireland, Kentucky, Korea, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Poland, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Inula helenium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Mar 19. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Inula helenium. Published online. Accessed: 19 Mar 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Inula helenium. Accessed: 19 Mar 2025.
Hassler, M. 2025. Inula helenium. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2025. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Mar 19. Reference page.