Elecampane in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) jessica klotz, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 1159132 - Psn: 10)

Elecampane in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) jessica klotz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Elecampane in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) jessica klotz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Elecampane in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) jessica klotz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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Elecampane in Lancashire, England (7/25/2011). Elecampane is an introduced plant from Eurasia.

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Elecampane in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/26/2016).

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Status

"Naturalized from Europe; from eastern Ontario to southern Quebec, and southward" (Reed, 1964).

Description

A distinctive plant, with slender, scraggly ray flowers; broad floral bracts; and broad, toothed leaves that are woolly beneath and clasp the coarse, hairy stem. 2-6 ft. (Peterson and McKenny 1968). Yellow flower heads are up to about 4 in. wide (Weakley, et al., 2012).

Where To Find

In Maryland, Elecampane is an escape from cultivation and is "established in fields and waste places, mostly in rich soil. Common but not abundant. In the Midland and Mountain Zones" (Brown and Brown, 1984).

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Elecampane in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) jessica klotz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by jessica_klotz via iNaturalist.

Elecampane in Lancashire, England (7/25/2011). Elecampane is an introduced plant from Eurasia. Media by Duxbury Rambler.

Elecampane in Baltimore Co., Maryland (7/26/2016). View Record Details Media by Kerry Wixted.