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Asteraceae

Willowleaf yellowhead

Inula salicina L.

Family
Asteraceae
Genus
Inula

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Willowleaf yellowhead: Inula salicina , Hohenlohe, Germany
Photo: Bernd Haynold, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (23)
Arabic
طيون صفصافي الأوراق
arz
طيون صفصافى الاوراق
Belarusian
Дзівасіл вербалісты
Bulgarian
Върболистен оман
Chinese
柳叶旋覆花, 柳葉旋覆花, 总状土木香, 歌仙草
Czech
Oman vrbolistý
Danish
Pile-Alant
Dutch
Wilgalant, Wilgenbladalant
English
Willowleaf yellowhead, Irish fleabane, Willow leaved inula, Willow-leaved yellow-head
Estonian
Pajuvaak
Finnish
Rantahirvenjuuri
French
Inule à feuilles de saule, Inule a feuilles de saule, Inule saulière
German
Weidenblättriger Alant, Weiden-Alant, Weidenalant
Italian
Enula aspra
Japanese
カセンソウ
Norwegian Bokmål
Krattalant
Norwegian Nynorsk
Krattalant
Persian
مصفای برگ بیدی
Polish
Oman wierzbolistny
Slovak
Oman vŕbolistý
Spanish
Té, Té de prado, Árnica
Swedish
Krissla
Welsh
Cedowydd Gwyddelig

Synonyms

  • Aster rigidus Moench
  • Aster spathularis Steud.
  • Inula glabra Gilib.
  • Inula kitamurana Tatew. ex Honda
  • Inula salicina subsp. asiatica (Kitam.) Kitag.
  • Jacobaea salicina (L.) Merino

Flowers

In flower
June to July (from 328 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Lifespan
Perennial
In the US and Canada
Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

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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.