Ligularia dentata, (A. Gray) Hara

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1976, Flora Europaea. Volume 4. Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), Cambridge University Press : 205

3. L. dentata (A. Gray) Hara , Jour. Jap. Bot. 15: 318 (1939)

( L. clivorum Maxim. ).

Green, often purplish-tinged perennial 25-100 cm, with a stout, fibrous stock. Stems erect, simple, glabrous or hairy above. Basal leaves 20-30 x 25-40 cm, reniform to cordate-orbicular, dentate, sparsely pubescent above, with petiole about as long as lamina; cauline smaller, shortly petiolate. Capitula few to many, long-pedunculate in a lax corymb bracteate at the base. Involucre 15-20 mm, with 9-13 oblonglanceolate bracts; supplementary bracts absent. Ligules 10—14, 20-40 x 5-8 mm, orange-yellow. Achenes 8-10 mm; pappus longer than achene, reddish. Widely cultivated for ornament; naturalized in E. England. [Br.] (E. Asia.)