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

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ligularia

Characteristics

Stem erect, 35-60 cm tall, 3.5-5 mm in diam. at base, proximally glabrous, distally and synflorescence white puberulent and shortly yellowish brown pilose. Basal leaves petiolate; petiole 15-35 cm, glabrous, base narrowly sheathed, distally narrowly winged; leaf blade broadly hastate or triangular-hastate, 4-11 × 9-15 cm, glabrous, palmately veined, margin regularly dentate, apex rounded or triangular-acute; sinus broad; basal lobes divergent, 2.5-5 cm, outer margin coarsely dentate. Middle stem leaves petiolate or sessile; sheath enlarged, to 7 cm, margin dentate or rarely entire; leaf blade smaller, triangular-or cordate-hastate. Distal stem leaves sheathlike, broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, margin dentate. Synflorescence racemose, 10-30 cm, clustered or lax; leaflike bracts ovate to lanceolate, proximal ones to 5 cm, smaller upward, margin dentate, apex acute; peduncles to 1.3 cm. Capitula 7-24; supplementary bracts narrowly lanceolate, margin dentate. Involucre broadly campanulate, 9-11 × 8-12 mm, outside glabrous; phyllaries 8-10, in 2 rows, oblong, 3-5 mm wide, apex triangular-acute, mucronate; inner phyllaries broadly brown membranous at margin. Ray florets yellow; lamina linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate to linear, 2.5-4 cm × 2-5 mm, apex acute or acuminate; tube ca. 7 mm. Tubular florets numerous, 1-1.2 cm, extending from involucre; tube 6-7 mm. Achenes cylindric, ca. 6 mm. Pappus pale brown or reddish brown in fruit, as long as tube of tubular corolla. Fl. and fr. Jul-Oct. 2n = 58*.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.35 - 0.6
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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 latihastata world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:245960-1
WFO ID wfo-0000016597
COL ID 6Q97D
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Synonyms

Senecillis latihastata Senecio latihastatus Ligularia brachyphylla Ligularia latihastata f. latihastata Ligularia latihastata