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| October 2007 at my home |
October 2007 at my home |
October 2006 at my home |
| Family | Asteraceae (alt. Compositae) |
| Scientific name | Farfugium japonicum (L.) Kitamra |
| Synonyms | Arnica tussilaginea Burman f.; Farfugium grande Lindley; Farfugium japonicum (L.) Kitamura var. formosanum (Hayata) Kitamura; Farfugium kaempferi (Siebold & Zuccarini) Bentham; Farfugium tussilagineum (Burman f.) Kitamura; Ligularia kaempferi (de Candolle) Siebold & Zuccarini; Ligularia nokozanensis Yamamoto; Ligularia tussilaginea (Burman f.) Makino; Ligularia tussilaginea (Burman f.) Makino var. formosana Hayata; Senecio japonicus Lessing, non (Thunberg) Schultz Bipontinus; Senecio kaempferi de Candolle; Senecio tussilagineus (Burman f.) Kuntze; Tussilago japonica L. |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) tuswa-buki [glossy leaved fuki (fuki = Petasites japonicus)] |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Fukushima prefecture), Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan | |
| Chromosomal number | n=30 |
| Description | Leaves 4-15cm length, 6-30cm width. Flowers scapes 30-75cm, yellow capitulums 4-6cm, flowering in October to December. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Farfugium japonicum (L.) Kitam. |
| Note | There are many kinds of cultivar plants which have various colored or variegata leaves. |
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| October 2007 at my home |
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| October 2006 at my home |
