Elecampane

Inula helenium
Family: Asteraceae
Herbaceous perennial. Native to southern and central Europe, the Balkan Peninsula
and central Asia. Giant plant bearin handsome, yello! "lo!ers. Harvest the
octopus#like roots in the "all o" the second year$s ro!th. %ouh and lun remedy,
bitter and antiseptic. Elecampane has a stron activity aainst bronchial in"ection,
pneumonia and debilitatin, chronic couh. &he plant is processed to yield a blue
dye. Cultivation: Easy. 'o! seed in reenhouse in early sprin or so! directly in
arden in mid#sprin. (iht#dependent erminator )plant on sur"ace or only very
shallo!ly covered, so liht can penetrate*. E+pect e+cellent ermination in about ,-
days. A"ter second set o" leaves appear, transplant seedlins out to the arden, even i"
you still e+pect a "e! "rosts. Gro!s in "ull sun or partial shade. Plant - "eet apart.
&his is pure seed, !ith pappus removed.
.eturn to Herb 'eed /nde+