Ligularia atkinsonii (C.B.Clarke) S.W.Liu

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ligularia

Characteristics

Stem erect, 60-83 cm tall, 5-9 mm in diam. at base, proximally glabrous, distally and synflorescence shortly brown pilose and white puberulent. Basal leaves petiolate; petiole 38-45 cm, slender, glabrous, base narrowly sheathed; leaf blade abaxially pale green, adaxially dark green, reniform or cordate-ovate, 7-11 × 8-16 cm, abaxially shortly pilose along veins, adaxially glabrous, palmately veined, base broadly cordate or sagittate, margin irregularly triangularly dentate and ciliate, apex rounded; sinus ca. 1/3 as long as leaf blade. Middle to distal stem leaves similar but smaller, petiolate; petiole to 12 cm; sheath ca. 7 × 1 cm. Synflorescence racemose, 9-30 cm; leaflike bracts linear, shorter than peduncle or proximal ones linear-lanceolate, longer; peduncles 5-11 mm, equal or proximal peduncles longer. Capitula numerous; supplementary bracts linear, as long as involucre. Involucre campanulate, 7-11 × ca. 5(-7) mm, outside glabrous; phyllaries 8 or 9, in 2 rows, oblong or lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 mm wide, apex acute; inner phyllaries broadly membranous at margin. Ray florets yellow; lamina narrowly oblong, 8-10 × ca. 2 mm, apex rounded or subtruncate. Tubular florets 10-13, 6-7 mm; tube 2-3 mm; limb to 2 mm wide. Pappus white, slightly shorter than tubular corolla. Fl. Jun-Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6 - 0.83
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Distribution

Ligularia atkinsonii world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:984359-1
WFO ID wfo-0000016607
COL ID 72984
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Synonyms

Senecio atkinsonii Senecio cacaliifolius var. atkinsonii Ligularia atkinsonii