Ligularia cymbulifera (W.W.Sm.) Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ligularia

Characteristics

Stem erect, 80-120 cm tall, to 2.5 cm in diam. at base, shortly pilose and white arachnoid-puberulent. Basal leaves petiolate; petiole ca. 15 cm, winged; wings to 4 cm wide, entire; leaf blade elliptic or ovate-oblong, rarely obovate, 15-60 × to 45 cm, pinnately veined, midvein strong, white arachnoid-puberulent, base shallowly cordate, margin minutely denticulate, apex rounded. Middle stem leaves sessile, cymbiform, to 20 cm, both surfaces white arachnoid-puberulent, sheath amplexicaul. Distalmost stem leaves sheathlike. Compound corymb much branched, to 40 cm, white arachnoid-puberulent and shortly pilose; leaflike and supplementary bracts smaller, linear; peduncles 2-15(-22) mm. Capitula numerous. Involucre campanulate, 8-10 mm, mouth to 1 cm in diam., outside white arachnoid-puberulent or glabrous; phyllaries 7-10, in 2 rows, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, margin brown membranous, apex acute. Ray florets yellow; lamina linear, 1-1.4 cm × 1.5-2 mm; tube 4-5 mm. Tubular florets numerous, deep yellow, 6-7 mm; tube ca. 2 mm. Achenes blackish gray, narrowly cylindric, 3-6 mm. Pappus white or yellowish, as long as tubular corolla. Fl. and fr. Jul-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.8 - 1.2
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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

Ligularia cymbulifera world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:230727-1
WFO ID wfo-0000023552
COL ID 6Q983
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Synonyms

Senecio cymbulifer Senecio stenactis Ligularia crassa Senecillis cymbulifera Senecio jacsonii Senecio pyrropappus Ligularia cymbulifera