Asteraceae
Elecampane
Inula helenium
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Inula
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Common names
By language (43)
- Arabic
- طيون يوناني, راسن طبي, طباق
- Armenian
- Կղմուխ հեղինեի
- arz
- طيون يونانى
- Azerbaijani
- Uca andız
- ba
- Андыҙ
- Basque
- Usteltxa
- Bulgarian
- Бял оман
- Catalan
- Herba de l'ala, Ènula
- Chinese
- 土木香, 青木香
- Croatian
- Oman
- Czech
- Oman pravý
- Danish
- Læge-Alant
- Dutch
- Elecampane
- English
- Elecampane, Elecampane inula, Elfdock, Horse-heal, Large scabious
- Estonian
- Aedvaak
- Finnish
- Isohirvenjuuri
- French
- Grande Aunée, Aunée, Aunée officinale, Grande aunee
- Georgian
- Კულმუხო
- German
- Echter Alant, Alant, Altkraut, Brustalant, Darmkraut, Darmwurz, Edelwurz, Glockenwurz
- Hungarian
- Örménygyökér, Pompás peremizs, Örvénygyökér
- io
- Inulo
- Italian
- Enula campana
- Japanese
- ドモッコウ
- kab
- Amagraman
- Kazakh
- Bïik andız, Биік андыз, بىيىك اندىز
- kbd
- Андыз
- kw
- Beol
- Kyrgyz
- Бийик карындыз же сарындыз
- Lithuanian
- Didysis debesylas
- Macedonian
- Волско око
- mrj
- Андыж
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Alantrot
- Persian
- زنجبیل شامی
- Polish
- Oman wielki
- Portuguese
- Helénio, Helênio
- Romanian
- Iarbă mare, Iarba mare
- Russian
- Девясил высокий
- Slovenian
- Veliki oman
- Spanish
- Emulacampana, Enula, Enula campana, Helenio, Helinio, Hierba campana, Inula, Ojo del caballo
- Swedish
- Ålandsrot, Alant, Elins rot, Enulört
- Tajik
- Росан
- Ukrainian
- Оман високий
- Welsh
- Marchalan, Clafrllys mawr
Synonyms
- Aster helenium Scop.
- Aster officinalis All.
- Corvisartia helenium Mérat
- Helenium grandiflorum Gilib.
Flowers
- In flower
- July to August (from 648 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Karelj, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Елена Патерикина, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Plenuska, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plenuska, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrascu Lucian-Marius, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Plenuska, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Plenuska, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Puusterke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.