Ligularia stenocephala (Maxim.) Matsum. & Koidz.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ligularia

Characteristics

Stem erect, 40-170 cm tall, 3-6 mm in diam. at base, rarely to 2 cm in diam., glabrous. Basal leaves petiolate; petiole 23-75 cm, slender, glabrous or apically arachnoid-puberulent, base narrowly sheathed; leaf blade cordate-hastate or reniform-hastate, rarely sagittate, 2.5-16.5 × 6-32 cm, glabrous or shortly pilose on both surfaces, abaxially sometimes hairy only along veins, palmately veined, base broadly cordate, margin regularly sharply dentate, apex triangular, acute or shortly mucronate; sinus 1/5-1/3 as long as leaf blade, broad; basal lobes sharply triangular, divergent, margin sharply dentate and 1-or 2-dentate on each outer margin. Middle to distal stem leaves similar but smaller, shortly petiolate or sessile; sheath enlarged. Synflorescence racemose, to 90 cm, glabrescent; leaflike bracts ovate-lanceolate to linear, proximal ones to 5 cm, distal ones linear, shorter; peduncles 1-7 mm, rarely proximal ones to 3 cm. Capitula numerous; supplementary bracts linear. Involucre narrowly or broadly cylindric, 8-12 × 2-4 mm, rarely to 17-18 × ca. 8 mm, outside glabrous; phyllaries 5(-7), in 2 rows, oblong, 1.5-3(-6) mm wide, apex triangular, acute; inner phyllaries membranous at margin. Ray florets 1-4(or 5), yellow; lamina linear-oblong or oblanceolate, 1-1.7 cm × 2-4 mm, apex obtuse; tube 5-13 mm. Tubular florets 5-10, 1-1.9 cm; tube 6-13 mm. Achenes fusiform, 5-7 mm. Pappus white, yellowish white, or sometimes brown, 5-8 mm, shorter than tube of tubular corolla. Fl. and fr. Jul-Dec. 2n = 60.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Root system fibrous-root
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 5-7
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 1-4
Soil acidity 3-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-8

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions or seedlings.
Mode divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 20
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Ligularia stenocephala unspecified picture

Distribution

Ligularia stenocephala world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:230858-1
WFO ID wfo-0000009147
COL ID 6Q8X4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Ligularia stenocephala f. longipedicellata Senecio stenocephalus Cacalia subglabra Parasenecio subglaber Ligularia stenocephala Ligularia taiheizanensis Ligularia oligantha Senecillis stenocephala Ligularia stenocephala Ligularia stenocephala f. stenocephala Ligularia stenocephala var. stenocephala Ligularia sibirica var. oligantha Senecio cacaliifolius var. stenocephalus Ligularia sibirica var. stenocephala Ligularia stenocephala f. quinquebracteata