Ligularia dentata
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Ligularia dentata 1.jpg
| genus = Ligularia
| species = dentata
| synonyms =
- Senecio clivorum Maxim.
- Erythrochaete dentata A. Gray
- Ligularia clivorum Maxim.
| synonyms_ref = {{cite web
| url = https://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LIDE8
| title = PLANTS Profile, Ligularia dentata
| access-date = 2008-05-21
| author = Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
| authorlink = Natural Resources Conservation Service
| work = The PLANTS Database
| publisher = United States Department of Agriculture
}} BMG{{cite web
| url = http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameId=7000536&PTRefFk=7000000
| title = Details for: Ligularia dentata
| accessdate = 2008-05-21
| author = Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
| authorlink = Botanical Garden in Berlin
| work = Euro+Med PlantBase
| publisher = Freie Universität Berlin
}}
|}}
Ligularia dentata, the summer ragwort or leopardplant,{{BSBI 2007 |accessdate=2014-10-17 }} is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ligularia and the family Asteraceae, native to China and Japan.
Description
It is a robust herbaceous perennial growing to {{convert|1|-|1.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} tall by {{convert|1|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} wide.{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}} The dark green leaves are large, long-stalked, leathery, cordate-based, and very rounded, with serrated edges (hence the Latin dentata meaning "toothed"){{cite book|last=Harrison|first=Lorraine|title=RHS Latin for gardeners|year=2012|publisher=Mitchell Beazley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=9781845337315|pages=224}}
. Orange-yellow daisy-like composite flowers bloom on thick red, mostly leafless stalks, rising above the foliage in early summer.
==Cultivation==
Ligularia dentata is grown as an ornamental plant, chosen as much for its bold foliage as its flowers.[http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/c278/ligularia-dent MBG] . accessed 11.30.2011 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 colour spotted foliage (polka dots) are also grown.
File:Ligularia dentata 15.jpg
File:Ligularia dentata Desdemona20100610 411.jpg|'Desdemona'
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/plant-finder/plant-details/kc/c278/ligularia-dent Missouri Botanical Garden - Horticulture treatment: Ligularia dentata (Leopard plant)]
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Category:Garden plants of Asia
Category:Plants described in 1939
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