Ligularia przewalskii Diels

Ligulaire (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ligularia

Characteristics

Stem erect, 30-130 cm tall, slender, 3-4 mm in diam. at base, glabrous. Basal leaves petiolate; petiole to 50 cm, glabrous, base sheathed; leaf blade ovate, 4.5-10 × 8-18 cm, glabrous or rarely shortly pilose on both surfaces, palmately veined, 4-7-palmatisect; lobes 3-7-divided, middle lobes duplicately 3-divided; segments marginally laciniate-dentate. Middle to distal stem leaves fewer, small, palmately divided, often with enlarged sheaths. Synflorescence racemose, 30-48(-60) cm; leaflike bracts linear-subulate; peduncles 3-4 mm, slender, glabrous. Capitula numerous (40-100); supplementary bracts often absent. Involucre narrowly cylindric, 7-11 × 2-3 mm, outside glabrous; phyllaries (3 or)4-6(or 7), in 2 rows, linear-oblong, ca. 2 mm wide, margin narrowly membranous, apex rounded, brown ciliate. Ray florets 2 or 3, yellow; lamina linear-oblong, to 17 × 2-3 mm, transparent, apex obtuse; tube 6-7 mm. Tubular florets usually 3, extending from involucre, 1-1.2 cm; tube as long as limb. Achenes brown, fusiform, 5-7 mm, attenuate at apex. Pappus purplish brown, ca. 4 mm, shorter than tube of tubular corolla. Fl. and fr. Jun-Oct. 2n = 58*.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.5 - 1.0
Mature height (meter) 1.5 - 2.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 6-8
Soil humidity 4-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions.
Mode divisions
Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 16 - 19
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -35
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Ligularia przewalskii unspecified picture

Distribution

Ligularia przewalskii world distribution map, present in Austria, China, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Mongolia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:230830-1
WFO ID wfo-0000086694
COL ID 6PX95
BDTFX ID 122700
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Senecillis przewalski Ligularia przewalskii Senecio przewalskii