Ligularia atroviolacea (Franch.) Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ligularia

Characteristics

Stem erect, 25-60 cm tall, 3-5 mm in diam. at base, densely long blackish purple pilose, intermixed white arachnoid-puberulent in synflorescence. Basal leaves petiolate; petiole 7-15 cm, densely long blackish purple pilose, base narrowly sheathing; leaf blade ovate-cordate, 5-9 × 3.5-7 cm, abaxially shortly pilose, densely so along veins, adaxially glabrescent, pinnately veined, lateral veins 6-10 pairs, abaxially with conspicuous slender reticulate veins, base cordate, margin minutely denticulate, long blackish purple pilose between teeth, apex obtuse; sinus 1/4-1/3 as long as blade, narrow, basal lobes oblong, convergent. Middle stem leaves often solitary, similar but smaller, shortly petiolate; sheath enlarged, 3-4 × ca. 1.5 cm, densely long blackish purple pilose. Capitula 4-10, in corymb; leaflike and supplementary bracts subulate, shorter; peduncles 3-15 mm, densely long blackish purple pilose. Involucre narrowly campanulate or turbinate, 6-10 mm, mouth to 1 cm in diam., outside long blackish purple pilose; phyllaries 10-12, in 2 rows; outer phyllaries lanceolate and narrow; inner phyllaries oblong and ca. 2.5 mm wide, margin narrowly brown membranous, apex acute. Florets numerous, all tubular, yellow, 6-7 mm; tube ca. 3 mm. Achenes pale brown, cylindric, ca. 5 mm. Pappus yellowish, as long as tubular corolla. Fl. and fr. Aug-Dec.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.6
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Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Distribution

Ligularia atroviolacea world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:230701-1
WFO ID wfo-0000028152
COL ID 6PX85
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Synonyms

Senecio atroviolaceus Senecio orotrephes Cremanthodium atroviolaceum Senecillis atroviolacea Ligularia atroviolacea