Ligularia vellerea (Franch.) Hand.-mazz.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Ligularia

Characteristics

Stem scapelike, erect, 15-63 cm tall, sparsely white puberulent, 4-5 mm in diam. at base, with a densely long white lanate circle. Leaves all basal, petiolate; petiole to 23 cm, base white lanate sheathed, distally narrowly entirely winged; leaf blade ovate, elliptic, or suborbicular, 2.5-15 × 3.5-12 cm, abaxially white lanate, adaxially glabrous, pinnately veined, lateral veins 12 pairs, base shallowly cordate, truncate, or cuneate, margin regularly denticulate, apex acute. Scape without bracteal leaf. Synflorescence racemose, 4.5-15 cm, clustered or lax, white lanate; leaflike and supplementary bracts to 3 cm; peduncles to 1 cm. Capitula numerous. Involucre campanulate, 10-12 × 8-10 mm, outside sparsely white puberulent; phyllaries 10, in 2 rows, lanceolate or rarely ovate, apex acute, mucronate; inner phyllaries membranous at margin. Ray florets 5-7, yellow; lamina oblong, 10-18 × ca. 3 mm, apex acute; tube ca. 5 mm. Tubular florets numerous, 7-8 mm; tube ca. 2 mm. Achenes yellowish, narrowly oblanceolate, 5-7 mm. Pappus pale yellow, as long as tubular corolla. Fl. and fr. Jun-Sep. 2n = 58*.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.63
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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 vellerea world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:243585-1
WFO ID wfo-0000043585
COL ID 6Q8WL
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Synonyms

Senecio vellereus Ligularia vellerea var. vellerea Ligularia vellerea var. gracilior Ligularia vellerea Senecillis vellerea