Ligularia dentata

(A. Gray) H. Hara

J. Jap. Bot. 15: 318. 1939.

IntroducedIllustrated
Basionym: Erythrochaete dentata A. Gray Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n. s. 6: 395. 1858
Synonyms: Ligularia clivorum Maximowicz Senecio clivorum (Maximowicz) Maximowicz
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 20. Treatment on page 614.

Plants often purplish-tinged, glabrous or distally unevenly hairy; rootstocks stout, fibrous-rooted. Leaves: basal blades 20–45 × 20–40 cm, bases deeply cordate. Peduncles 2–9 cm. Involucres 9–12 (–20) × 16–28 mm. Phyllaries greenish-tipped. Ray corolla laminae 20–35 (–50) mm. Cypselae 8–10 mm; pappi 10–12 mm. 2n = 60.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Disturbed sites, abandoned plantings
Elevation: 10–50+ m

Distribution

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Introduced; Md., Asia (China), Asia (Japan)

Discussion

Ligularia dentata is commonly cultivated in eastern Canada and the United States; it sometimes persists (as in Maryland).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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not tailed +, rounded +  and obtuse +
papillate +
rounded-truncate;truncate +
scarious +
usually ovate +  and lance-linear +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
Theodore M. Barkley† +
(A. Gray) H. Hara +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
cordate +
Erythrochaete dentata +
orbiculate;reniform +
winged;nerved;ribbed +
barbellate +  and barbellulate +
brownish +, orange-yellow +  and orange +
3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
nerved +  and 5[-10]-ribbed +
ellipsoid +
fertile +  and bisexual +
fertile +  and bisexual +
Md. +, Asia (China) +  and Asia (Japan) +
10–50+ m +
pilosulous +  and glabrous +
pistillate +, staminate +  and neuter +
winged +  and beaked +
dispersed +
Disturbed sites, abandoned plantings +
indeterminate +
heterogamous +  and homogamous +
each +  and sessile +
1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br />) +
0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
cylindric;campanulate +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (2.8 cm28 mm <br />0.028 m <br />) +
cauline +  and basal +
lanceolate +  and lance-linear +
2-carpellate +
persistent +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.2 cm12 mm <br />0.012 m <br />) +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (9 cm90 mm <br />0.09 m <br />) +
Flowering summer. +
greenish-tipped +
lanceolate +  and linear +
J. Jap. Bot. +
bearing subulate enations +, hairy +  and bristly +
flat;convex +
exalbuminous +
Introduced +  and Illustrated +
appendaged +  and truncate +
papillate +
Ligularia clivorum +  and Senecio clivorum +
Ligularia dentata +
Ligularia +
species +
cylindric +
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (150 cm1,500 mm <br />1.5 m <br />) +
hairy +  and glabrous +