Ligularia japonica




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Ligularia japonica (Thunberg) Lessing
Synonyms Arnica japonica Thunberg; Ligularia palmatifida (Siebold & Zuccarini) Nakai; Senecio japonicus (Thunberg) Schultz Bipontinus
Common name (Japanese common name) hankai-sou [Fan Hui weed (Fan Hui is a famous warrior in ancient China)]
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (west of Shizuoka Prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan
Chromosomal number 2n=60
Description Plants electing 70-150cm tall. Leaves 35cm long. Flowers yellow ca. 10cm, flowering in June to August. Perennial plants.
Reference Ligularia japonica (Thunb.) Less.
Gynura japonica (Thunb.) Juel
Gynura japonica Juel.
Senecio pinnatifidus (P.J.Bergius) Less.
An Enureration of Compositae of Formosa
Note Gynura japonica (Thunberg) Juel (syn. Cacalia pinnatifida sensu Loureiro, non P. J. Bergius; Gynura flava Hayata; Gynura japonica (Thunberg) Juel var. flava (Hayata) Kitamura; Gynura pinnatifida Vaniot; Porophyllum japonicum (Thunberg) de Candolle; Senecio japonicus Thunberg) is not a synonym of Ligularia japonica (Thunberg) Lessing.



June 2008
at Kyoto Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Kyoto Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Kyoto Botanical Garden