Ligularia hookeri (C.B.Clarke) Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ligularia

Characteristics

Stem erect, 17-40 cm tall, slender, 1.5-2 mm in diam. at base, proximally glabrous, distally white arachnoid-puberulent and shortly pilose. Basal leaves petiolate; petiole 5-10 cm, slender, glabrous, base sheathed; leaf blade cordate-sagittate or reniform, 7-24 × 15-55 mm, glabrous, palmately veined, abaxially with conspicuous reticulate veins, margin triangularly or coarsely dentate, between teeth shortly pilose, apex rounded; sinus 1/3-1/2 as long as leaf blade, broad; basal lobes oblong, divergent or not. Middle stem leaf solitary, shortly petiolate; sheath slightly enlarged, 1.5-2.5 cm, glabrous; leaf blade reniform, as large as basal leaves. Distalmost stem leaf solitary, bracteal, cymbiform, to 2.5 cm, margin dentate. Capitula solitary or 2-7(-16), in raceme; leaflike bracts narrowly lanceolate; peduncles to 3.5 cm, slender, arachnoid-puberulent and shortly pilose; supplementary bracts filiform. Involucre campanulate or broadly campanulate, 8-11 × 6-8(-10) mm, outside glabrous; phyllaries 8-10, in 2 rows, oblong, to 3 mm wide, apex acute; inner phyllaries broadly membranous at margin. Ray florets yellow; lamina linear, 1-1.5 cm × 1.5-2 mm, apex acute; tube 3-5 mm. Tubular florets numerous, 7-8 mm; tube 3.5-4 mm. Achenes brown, cylindric, 4.5-6 mm. Pappus brown or pale brown, as long as tubular corolla. Fl. and fr. May-Sep. 2n = 58.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.31 - 0.43
Root system fibrous-root
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-12

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 hookeri world distribution map, present in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:230757-1
WFO ID wfo-0000126033
COL ID 6PX7J
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Synonyms

Ligularia hookeri f. angustifolium Senecio ficariifolius Ligularia hookeri Senecio feddei Senecio flexuosus Senecio nimborum Senecio sikkimensis Senecillis hookeri Senecio saccoflabellatus Senecio calthifolius Ligularia hookeri f. hookeri Ligularia evaginata Ligularia hookeri subsp. hookeri Cremanthodium hookeri subsp. hookeri Cremanthodium hookeri subsp. polycephalum Senecio cacaliifolius var. atkinsonii Ligularia hookeri var. polycephala Cremanthodium hookeri f. hookeri Ligularia hookeri f. latiligulatum Cremanthodium hookeri