Ligularia schmidtii Makino

Schmidt's ragwort (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ligularia

Characteristics

Plants grayish green. Stem erect, 50-200 cm tall, 2.5-7 mm in diam. at base, glabrous. Basal leaves petiolate; leaf blade broadly ovate or oblong, 10-30 × 5-22 cm, glabrous, pinnately veined, base rounded, margin irregularly undulately dentate, apex obtuse or acute. Middle to distal stem leaves shortly petiolate or sessile, oblong or ovate-oblong, to 13 × 4 cm, smaller distally. Synflorescence racemose, 6-13(-18) cm; peduncles 3-15 cm; leaflike and supplementary bracts smaller. Capitula numerous. Involucre campanulate, 6-7 × ca. 5 mm, outside glabrous; phyllaries united, apex 2-5-dentate, tips of teeth acute or rounded. Ray florets 2-6, yellow; lamina oblong, 1.3-2.2 cm × 2-6 mm, apex acute; tube 4-5 mm. Tubular florets numerous, 7-10 mm; tube 2-3 mm. Achenes brown, cylindric, 7-8 mm. Pappus reddish brown, as long as tube of tubular corolla. Fl. and fr. Jun-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.75 - 2.0
Root system adventitious-root fibrous-root rhizome
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-10

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:230848-1
WFO ID wfo-0000078681
COL ID 6Q98R
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Synonyms

Ligularia schmidtii Senecillis schmidtii Senecio schmidtii Cyathocephalum schmidtii