Ligularia jamesii (Hemsl.) Kom.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ligularia

Characteristics

Stem erect, 30-60 cm tall, 4-5 mm in diam. at base, proximally glabrous, distally white arachnoid-puberulent. Basal leaves petiolate; petiole to 29 cm, slender, glabrous, base narrowly sheathed; leaf blade triangular-hastate, 3.5-9 cm, base 7-10 cm wide, abaxially glabrous, adaxially shortly yellow pilose, palmate-pinnately veined, margin sharply dentate, apex acute or acuminate; sinus ca. 1/2 as long as leaf blade, broad, basal lobes lanceolate, to 6 cm, segments to 2.5 cm, divergent, margin entire or 2-or 3-divided. Middle stem leaves shortly petiolate; sheath enlarged, to 4 cm, amplexicaul; leaf blade smaller, ovate-sagittate. Distal stem leaves numerous, sessile, bracteal, lanceolate, to 3 cm, margin subentire. Capitulum solitary, 5-7 cm in diam.; supplementary bracts linear-lanceolate. Involucre broadly campanulate, 15-17 × to 1.5 cm, outside white arachnoid-puberulent; phyllaries ca. 13, in 2 rows, lanceolate, ca. 3 mm wide, margin brown membranous, apex acuminate. Ray florets 13-16, yellow; lamina linear-lanceolate, to 4 cm × 3-4 mm, apex acuminate, 2-or 3-lobed; tube 5-6 mm. Tubular florets numerous, 1-1.1 cm; tube ca. 5 mm. Achenes dark brown, cylindric, 5-7 mm. Pappus pale yellow, as long as tubular corolla. Fl. and fr. Jul-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
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Hardiness (USDA) 5-10

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 jamesii world distribution map, present in China and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77181529-1
WFO ID wfo-0000038346
COL ID 6Q97G
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Synonyms

Ligularia jamesii Senecillis jamesii Senecio jamesii