The flowers at the end of the July 11 report were identified as Inula magnifica. These flowers look similar, though not quite as large, but the leaves are quite a lot smaller. Are these also Inula?
Thanks, Ron. I didn't even recognize that name (Inula hookeri) until I reread your posting this morning, and then it occurred to me that we had this conversation last year, though a month later (August 23 photo), when I agreed that seemed to fit, and I added this link:"Here's a blog article on that species with a good close-up photo". I hadn't noticed the nifty seed heads last year, which really caught my eye this time. No-one corrected it last year. Someone will probably correct it just as I learn it. Are these plants so rare? I have never heard the name Inula outside this forum. They're so nice, you'd think they'd be widely planted.
See extent of commercial representation on p. 277 of Hill, Narizny, The Plant Locator - Western Region (2004, Black-Eyed Susans/Timber, Portland). The most offered were I. ensifolia (8 suppliers), I. helenium and I. magnifica. I. hookeri had been listed in a previous version of the work (that covered a smaller geographic area) but was not being offered during the preparation of this edition.
