Ligularia fargesii Diels

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ligularia

Characteristics

Stem erect, 24-70 cm tall, slender, 1.5-3 mm in diam. at base, glabrous. Basal leaves petiolate; petiole to 30 cm, slender, glabrous, base sheathed; leaf blade ovate-or cordate-hastate, 3.5-8 × 5-6 cm, glabrous, margin denticulate, apex rounded, mucronate; sinus ca. 1/3 as long as leaf blade, narrow; basal lobes divergent, coarsely 2-or 3-dentate on each outer margin. Middle stem leaves similar but smaller, shortly petiolate, sheath amplexicaul. Synflorescence racemose, 4.5-9 cm; leaflike and supplementary bracts linear; peduncles less than 3 mm, shortly pilose. Capitula ca. 11. Involucre narrowly cylindric, 6-10 × 2-3 mm, outside glabrous; phyllaries 4 or 5, in 2 rows, oblong, apex triangular. Ray florets 2, yellow; lamina linear, ca. 15 × 1 mm, apex rounded; tube ca. 7 mm. Tubular florets ca. 3, 9-10 mm; tube ca. 4 mm. Achenes dark brown, cylindric, ca. 6 mm. Pappus white, rarely blackish gray, ca. 3 mm, shorter than tube of 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) 0.24 - 0.7
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JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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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 fargesii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:230740-1
WFO ID wfo-0000020257
COL ID 6Q97N
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Synonyms

Senecillis fargesii Ligularia fargesii Senecio fargesii