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| Ligularia dentata | |
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| summer ragwort | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Genus: | Ligularia |
| Species: | L. dentata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ligularia dentata (A.Gray) H.Hara |
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| Synonyms | |
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Senecio clivorum Maxim. |
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Ligularia dentata, or summer ragwort and leopard plant, is a species of the genus Ligularia and the family Asteraceae.
It is a perennial native to China and Japan.
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[edit] Description
The plant is a clump-forming perennial. The dark green leaves are large, long-stalked, leathery, cordate-based, and very rounded.
Orange-yellow daisy-like flowers bloom on thick mostly leafless stalks, rising above the foliage in early summer.
[edit] Toxicity
Ligularia dentata contains tumorigenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids.[3]
[edit] Cultivation
Ligularia dentata is grown as an ornamental plant, chosen as much for its bold foliage as its flowers. [4] It is used as a round leaved accent plant or massed planting in moist sun and partial shade garden settings, and in containers. Cultivars include "Desdemona" and "Othello". Selections with cream color spotted foliage (polka dots) are also grown.
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[edit] References
- ^ Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). "PLANTS Profile, Ligularia dentata" (HTML). The PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture. http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LIDE8. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ^ Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem. "Details for: Ligularia dentata" (HTML). Euro+Med PlantBase. Freie Universität Berlin. http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=7000536&PTRefFk=7000000. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
- ^ Fu, P.P., Yang, Y.C., Xia, Q., Chou, M.C., Cui, Y.Y., Lin G., "Pyrrolizidine alkaloids-tumorigenic components in Chinese herbal medicines and dietary supplements", Journal of Food and Drug Analysis, Vol. 10, No. 4, 2002, pp. 198-211[1]
- ^ MBG . accessed 11.30.2011
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