Mabberley, D. J. Mabberley's plant-book: a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses, third edition. 2008
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Ligularia tussilaginea cv. 'Aureo-maculata'
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1990-05-23 (Verbatim: 23-MAY-1990)
Preferred name:
Farfugium japonicum (L.) Kitam.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Canterbury, Lincoln, Shand's Road
Verbatim locality:
Canterbury, Lincoln, Shand's Road
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 95/90
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
23-MAY-1990
Start date:
1990-05-23
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Habitat:
Cultivated in garden border.
Notes:
Clump-forming perennial, +/- evergreen. Leaves dark glossy green above, with irregular pale yellow spots and blotches. Inflorescence scape-like, c.50cm high, with several lateral branches near top bearing flowers. cv `Aureo-maculata'. Capitulum broadly cylindric, c. 1.5 cm long. Rays (expanded part) c. 8-13 mm long, bright but rather light yellow, i.e. not golden.The "Leopard Plant". Owner states that is is flowering for the first time in 12 years.