Ligularia cymosa (Hand.-mazz.) S.W.Liu

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ligularia

Characteristics

Stems 1 or 2, erect, 7-45 cm tall, ca. 2 mm in diam. at base, proximally glabrous, distally shortly purple pilose and white arachnoid-puberulent. Basal leaves petiolate; petiole 5-24 cm, slender, base sheathed; leaf blade reniform, (2-)4-12.5 cm wide, abaxially shortly pilose only along veins, adaxially glabrous, palmate veins prominent abaxially, margin regularly undulate-dentate, apex rounded; sinus ca. 1/3 as long as leaf blade, narrow. Middle stem leaves smaller, reniform; petiole short, with enlarged sheaths. Distalmost stem leaves only enlarged sheathed; mouth of sheath shallowly dentate at margin. Capitula 3-6 in corymb; leaflike and supplementary bracts linear, shorter than peduncle and involucre; peduncles 4-40 mm, densely shortly purple pilose and white arachnoid-puberulent. Involucre campanulate, 8-15 mm, mouth to 1.5 cm in diam., outside glabrous; phyllaries ca. 13, in 2 rows, purplish red, oblong, petaloid, 2-4 mm wide, apex acute; inner phyllaries narrowly membranous at margin. Florets numerous, yellow, all tubular, 5-10 mm; tube 1-2 mm. Pappus white, as long as tubular corolla. Fl. Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.07 - 0.45
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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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 cymosa world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:984360-1
WFO ID wfo-0000007300
COL ID 728VR
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Synonyms

Cremanthodium cymosum Ligularia cymosa