Ligularia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Ligularia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Ligularia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ligularia
Ligularia (leopard plant) is a genus of Old World herbaceous perennial plants in the groundsel tribe within the sunflower family. They have yellow or orange composite flower heads with brown or yellow central disc florets, and are native to damp habitats mostly in central and eastern Asia, with a few species from Europe. There are about 120 to 140 species in the genus, and over half are endemic to China. The name Ligularia, from the Latin for "strap", refers to the shape of the ray florets.
Some species and cultivars are cultivated as ornamentals. Ligularia dentata ‘Britt Marie Crawford’ Ligularia x hessei (Ligularia dentata x Ligularia wilsoniana) 'Gregynog Gold' and Ligularia przewalskii 'The Rocket' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. They are best grown in fertile, moist soil and full sun, with some shade at midday.
- Species
Ligularia in languages:
- Chinese
- 橐吾屬
- Czech
- popelivka
- Danish
- Nøkketungeslægten
- English
- Leopard plants
- Finnish
- Nauhukset
- Japanese
- メタカラコウ属
- Korean
- 곰취속
- Lithuanian
- Liguliarija
- Russian
- Бузульник
- Swedish
- klippståndssläktet
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
We recommend you sign up for this excellent, free service.
Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Aequatorium
- Arnoglossum
- Barkleyanthus
- Blennosperma
- Cacaliopsis
- Chersodoma
- Cremanthodium
- Crocidium
- Endocellion
- Farfugium
- Gynoxys
- Hainanecio
- Homogyne
- Ischnea
- Japonicalia
- Lepidospartum
- Ligularia
- Ligulariopsis
- Luina
- Miricacalia
- Mixtecalia
- Nemosenecio
- Nordenstamia
- Paragynoxys
- Parasenecio
- Petasites
- Pittocaulon
- Psacalium
- Rainiera
- Robinsonecio
- Roldana
- Sinacalia
- Sinosenecio
- Syneilesis
- Taimingasa
- Telanthophora
- Tephroseris
- Tetradymia
- Tussilago
Child Taxa
- Ligularia achyrotricha
- Ligularia afghanica
- Ligularia alatipes
- Ligularia alpigena
- Ligularia altaica
- Ligularia alticola
- Ligularia amplexicaulis
- Ligularia angusta
- Ligularia anoleuca
- Ligularia atkinsonii
- Ligularia atroviolacea
- Ligularia biceps
- Ligularia botryodes
- Ligularia brassicoides
- Ligularia caloxantha
- Ligularia calthifolia
- Ligularia carpatica
- Ligularia chalybea
- Ligularia changiana
- Ligularia chekiangensis
- Ligularia chimiliensis
- Ligularia confertiflora
- Ligularia cremanthodioides
- Ligularia cuneata
- Ligularia curvisquama
- Ligularia cyathiceps
- Ligularia cymbulifera
- Ligularia cymosa
- Ligularia dentata
- Ligularia fischeri
- Ligularia glauca
- Ligularia heterophylla
- Ligularia hodgsonii
- Ligularia hookeri
- Ligularia intermedia
- Ligularia jacquemontiana
- Ligularia jaluensis
- Ligularia japonica
- Ligularia kareliniana
- Ligularia kojimae
- Ligularia lamarum
- Ligularia leveillei
- Ligularia macrophylla
- Ligularia mongolica
- Ligularia mortonii
- Ligularia narynensis
- Ligularia nelumbifolia
- Ligularia pleurocaulis
- Ligularia przewalskii
- Ligularia reniformis
- Ligularia retusa
- Ligularia robusta
- Ligularia rumicifolia
- Ligularia sachalinensis
- Ligularia sagitta
- Ligularia schmidtii
- Ligularia sibirica
- Ligularia songarica
- Ligularia splendens
- Ligularia stenocephala
- Ligularia subsagittata
- Ligularia subspicata
- Ligularia talassica
- Ligularia thomsonii
- Ligularia thyrsoidea
- Ligularia tsangchanensis
- Ligularia virgaurea
- Ligularia vorobievii
- Ligularia wilsoniana
- Ligularia yoshizoeana































































































































































