#farfugium

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#3668 - Farfugium japonicum - Leopard-Plant 

Apparently Christchurch is sometimes known as The Garden City, but a lot of the plants in those gardens are introduced from other parts of the world, which to be honest I found a little annoying. On the other hand, some of the plants in the planters in the CBD were at least unfamiliar enough to catch my interest.

Such as this one, AKA tractor seat plant, Ligularia tussilaginea, and tsuwabuki (石蕗) in Japan, where it is native to shores and streams. Farfugium is derived from Latin supposedly meaning "flour that runs away," and refers to the woolly, white, hair-like substance covering the plant’s foliage and stems when young and sheds with age.

 Rhizomatous evergreen perennials in the Daisy family. They're also carcinogenic.

Christchurch, NZ.

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Farfugium japonicum / Leopard Plant at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

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Leopard plant by Kawarazaki Shodo (1889-1973) 

「つわぶき」河原崎奨堂作 

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treated myself 🌿🌿🌿

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Farfugium japonicum 'Giganteum'

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day Thursday 30 March 2017

A native to the streams and seashores of Japan Farfugium japonicum (leopard plant) is a rhizomatous evergreen perennial with simple, rounded leaves and branched clusters of daisy-like bright yellow flowers in late autumn and early winter. There are several variegated cultivars - plants with golden spotted leaves being Farfugium japonicum ‘Aureomaculatum’ or those with white edged foliage being Farfugium japonicum 'Argenteum’. They have been used in green walls and raised beds in Tokyo, Japan, so bring much needed greenery into the urban environment and a plant reference to the countryside beyond the city.

Jill Raggett

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Leopard Plant and Pine Bunting by Keinen Imao (1845-1924), included in Keinen Kacho Gafu (Picture Album of Flowers and Birds by Keinen) published in 1891-2